Epoch Chemistry | El Paraiso Red Bourbon Decaf - Colombia

Epoch Chemistry comes to us from the East Coast of Canada.

It's here in New Brunswick that the team at Epoch roasts some of Canada's finest coffee.

Led by master roaster and all around coffee Guru Conor, we are proud to be able to offer their delicious coffee here in Toronto.

We are enamoured by their 6-9-3 ideology and think it's a fantastic way to categorize their offerings. 

"Epoch Chemistry started as a passionate endeavour by Conor Conway and Matt Symes to bring the best coffee to Atlantic Canada. What initially started as a dream of a cafe grew into an individual business model in coffee, focused on education and experience. We are here to be your jumping off point into specialty coffee, and to nurture you along the journey.

Today, Epoch has a full roastery, a vibrant cafe location, a dedicated tasting room supported by a team of exceptional coffee and business professionals. We believe specialty coffee should be approachable and fun, with a focus on circularity in our supply chains and to lead by example when it comes to ethical practices and sourcing.

We roast in a Nordic style; meaning we like to keep the profiles light-medium, as opposed to what we can typically find here in the East Coast. The reason we roast lighter profiles is to highlight the flavours of the high quality green coffee we order from our producing partners. In our coffees, you’ll find notes varying from chocolate, dried fruits, and nuts to mulled wine, tropical fruits, and candy. 

Through our Coffee Tasting Experience, we’ve opened the door to specialty coffee for many people in our community. From novice to professional, we’ve tailored our presentation to make it enjoyable for anyone. We want to continue to enable those conversations through education and experience. 

In praise of slow.

From Epoch:

This Decaf lot from Wilton goes through whole cherry fermentation for 48 hours in an anaerobic environment. It is then washed and dried for 48 hours at 38 degrees Celsius. The coffee is decaffeinated with Ethyl Acetate derived from cane sugar preserving the coffee's sweetness and natural character.

Wilton Benitez has been producing top quality coffee for more than 26 years. 16+ years of experience with specialty coffee. Roaster. Q-grader processor. Non-certified tester but with a lifetime of experience in the tasting process. Wilton wanted to put his goal and passion into creating wonderful and exciting coffee through his recently established company, Granja Paraiso 92.

All the state of the art equipment and machinery is designed by Wilton, and assembled in the farm by him with the help of his brother.
The use of bioreactors and specific microorganisms for controlled fermentation coupled with a constant control and monitoring of factors such as temperature, pH, brix degrees and electric conductivity make Granja Paraiso 92´s coffee to stand out from the rest and offer a value added like no other. All this allow the producer to have distinct, unique and standardized profiles and notes.

Drying machines at the farm don’t use fossil fuels and only need moderate electric energy for their operation avoiding greenhouse gas emissions.