Decaf Single Origin

Description

Decaf Coffee Beans. Decaffeination removes nearly all the caffeine from the beans. It is carried out while the beans are still ‘green’, before they are roasted. Under European law decaffeinated coffee must contain 0.1%, or less, caffeine in roasted coffee beans, and up to 0.3%, or less, in soluble/instant coffee.

Decaffeinated coffee tends to be unpopular with lovers of coffee as it has a reputation of being much less flavourful. While it is true that decaffeination can remove some of the kick that we typically enjoy in a cup of coffee, you can still have a delicious cup without the caffeine.

The most important factor in a decent cup of decaf is the same as it is with any coffee: you need to use freshly roasted and freshly ground coffee beans. What many don’t realise is that the decaf coffee they are served in restaurants and cafes will be pre-ground which may have a bigger impact on the flavour than the decaffeination process.

So if you’re sensitive to caffeine or want to have a coffee late at night without compromising your sleep, try some of the freshly roasted decaf beans we have on offer. You’ll be pleasantly surprised at just how good decaf coffee can taste!

Swelling the green coffee beans with water or steam so the caffeine can be extracted
Extracting the caffeine from the beans.This is done with water, a solvent or activated carbon.
Drying the decaffeinated coffee beans back to their normal moisture level.
Besides water,thesolvents typically used during decaffeination are ethyl acetate,methylene chloride (Dichloromethane, or DCM) or supercritical CO2.

Roasting always comes down to heat. And with decaf, you want to be that little bit gentler with it. Keep the charge temperature – the heat of your drum just before you add the coffee – lower. Your decaf beans have less weight and their cell structure has been slightly degraded.