ColombiaDrink Bad Coffee · Hackney Wick
Half Caff • Colombia • Anaerobic Fermentation x Sugar Cane Decaf
maraschino cherries · ripe figs · plenty of
£57.00/kg
£57.00 for 1 kg, their cheapest per kilo · about £1.03 for an 18 g espresso dose
Price observed 10 Nov 2026. This is the bag, not the basket: delivery is not included.
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What Drink Bad Coffee says about this coffee
About the coffee beans
Half the caffeine, none of the compromise. We’ve brought together two Colombian coffees to make a half-caff that’s got plenty going on. No sad decaf energy here.
The first half is El Indio, a sugar cane decaffeinated coffee made up of lots from 175 smallholder farmers in Tolima, Colombia. The caffeine is removed using a naturally derived compound called ethyl acetate (EA), found in fruits such as bananas and produced during the fermentation of sugar cane. It gently binds to the caffeine in the green coffee before being washed away, leaving much of the coffee's original flavour intact. It's a great way of keeping all the good stuff without all the caffeine.
Joining it is a rather funky anaerobic fermented coffee from Finca Siracusa in Caldas. Grown at altitude in Colombia's coffee-growing heartland, the coffee is carefully selected and processed to bring out its natural sweetness and character. The result is a lot with some serious personality.
Together, the two make something really rather lovely. Think maraschino cherries, ripe figs, a little fermentation funk and plenty of sweetness, all wrapped up in a lovely rounded body. It's fruity, a little wild an…
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What the roaster says about where it came from
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How it sits among coffee from Colombia
Drink Bad Coffee describe this coffee as fruity. The filled shape is how often roasters use each family across coffee from Colombia; the rings on the rim are this coffee’s own.
Every family the roaster names is a common one for coffee from Colombia, so this reads as a typical example rather than an outlier.
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What Drink Bad Coffee says about itself
Women led
“We’re BAD Coffee, a female-led specialty coffee roastery based in the heart of Hackney Wick, East London.” their page (opens in a new tab)
Organic
“Our coffee doesn't always carry organic certification as not all origins have access to the awarding bodies, plus it takes money out of farmer's pockets.” their page (opens in a new tab)
Compostable packaging
“Zero-to-Landfill and Plant Based Consumables We’re serious about making it count: from plant-based, compostable takeaway cups to our plant based coffee bags.” their page (opens in a new tab)
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Where each fact came from
Decaffeination method
“The first half is El Indio, a sugar cane decaffeinated coffee made up of lots from 175 smallholder farmers in Tolima, Colombia.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)
Decaffeinated
“No sad decaf energy here.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)
Farm
“Joining it is a rather funky anaerobic fermented coffee from Finca Siracusa in Caldas.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)
Flavour families
“Think maraschino cherries, ripe figs, a little fermentation funk and plenty of sweetness, all wrapped up in a lovely rounded body.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)
Country of origin
“The first half is El Indio, a sugar cane decaffeinated coffee made up of lots from 175 smallholder farmers in Tolima, Colombia.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)
Region
“The first half is El Indio, a sugar cane decaffeinated coffee made up of lots from 175 smallholder farmers in Tolima, Colombia.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)
Processing
“It gently binds to the caffeine in the green coffee before being washed away, leaving much of the coffee's original flavour intact.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)
Tasting notes
“Think maraschino cherries, ripe figs, a little fermentation funk and plenty of sweetness, all wrapped up in a lovely rounded body.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)
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