Decaf - Brazil

A delicious and accessible Brazilian decaf coffee that can carry you through the day. The pulped-natural process brings out prominent notes of dark chocolate, with hints of fruity sweetness.

Special qualities:

• Direct Trade

• Roasted daily

CO2 decaffeination process

During the so-called CO2 process, liquid CO2 – just as in soda’s we drink – is being used to absorb the caffeine in the beans. The CO2 selectively picks up caffeine in the beans and is then taken out of the vessel into an evaporator. There, it is evaporated and re-condensated so the caffeine is precipitated from the beans, then CO2 can be re-introduced to the coffee. This process is repeated over and over again, until the caffeine level in the coffee is less than 0.01%. The great thing about the CO2 process is that carbon dioxide is a 100% natural chemical. It is found everywhere and we consume it daily. It’s in the carbonated water that we drink and in the air that we breathe. So, as opposed to other processes which use products like methylene chloride, it does not leave any toxic material. CO2 also only extracts the caffeine from the coffee beans, leaving all the good stuff. This means that the flavour and aroma compounds stay right where they need to be – inside the bean.