If you know us at all, you know that this is one of our personal soap boxes that we cannot stop talking about. Decaf drinkers are the only group of people drinking coffee EXCLUSIVELY for the taste, which is ironic considering that they, almost always, get the WORST tasting coffee that is out there.

Seriously, at every point in the supply chain there is a disincentive to do decaf well. As such, we try really hard to get good tasting green decaf and our friends at Café Imports make it all the easier to do so with their commitment to sustainability and quality when it comes to all of the coffees that they source, INCLUDING decaf. Whew, lots of all-caps typing, over!

A note on the E.A. Decaffination process from Café Imports:

“Ethyl acetate is an occurring ester (present in bananas and also as a by-product of fermented sugars) that is used as a solvent to bond with and remove caffeine from green coffee. First, the coffee is sorted and steamed for 30 minutes under low pressure in order to open the coffee seeds’ pores and prepare them for decaffeination. The coffee is placed in a solution of both water and ethyl acetate, where the E.A. will begin to bond with the salts of chlorogenic acids inside the seeds. The tank will be drained and re-filled over the course of eight hours until caffeine is no longer detected. The seeds are steamed once more to remove the ethyl acetate traces and  is then dried and polished for export.”

• Roasting Schedule:  We roast every Tuesday and Deliver/Ship every Wednesday. All orders must be received by 11:59 p.m. on Mondays to ensure delivery during the current week.