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Natural Decaf Coffee Beans

Posted on December 29, 2011 by | Leave a comment

decaf coffee beansWelcome to Natural Decaf Coffee Beans

Decaf coffee drinkers look for two qualities in their decaf coffee beans.
  • They want the decaf coffee beans to produce a coffee that is full, with rich coffee flavor.
  • They want to be assured the decaffeinated process is healthy and natural without the use of chemicals.

Decaffeinated Process

Water Process

The Water Process is a method of decaffeinating coffee beans. To decaffeinate the coffee bean by the Water method, green, unroasted beans are soaked in hot water, which releases the caffeine. When all the caffeine and coffee solids are released into the water, the beans are discarded. This water then passes through carbon filters that traps the caffeine but lets the coffee solids pass through. This produces a solution which is called “green coffee extract” or GCE for short. New fresh green coffee beans are put into the GCE. The caffeine diffuses from the new beans. The GCE then passes through carbon, which captures the caffeine. The process is then repeated. This method filters out all the caffeine until the beans are 99.9% caffeine-free. These beans are removed and dried. The beans retain most if not all of their flavor. This method is preferred by most health conscious or brewers of organic decaf coffee beans.
 

Natural Direct Method

In the direct method, the coffee beans are first steamed for 30 minutes and then repeatedly rinsed with ethyl acetate for about 10 hours. The natural solvent is then drained away and the beans steamed for an additional 10 hours to remove residual solvent. Sometimes coffees that are decaffeinated using ethyl acetate are referred to as naturally processed because ethyl acetate can be derived from various fruits or vegetables; but one has to be aware because of the cost of using natural ethyl acetate, a synthetic chemical is often used for decaffeinating.

Decaffeinated coffees require a fine personal touch during the roasting process. It is easy to burn or scorch the coffee beans and takes a well trained roaster to preserve and enhance the delicate flavor of the beans.

The initial decaffeination process always causes the coffee bean to lose some of it’s flavor. Decaffeinated coffee beans also age rapidly. Make sure your coffee company is buying the decaffeinated beans in small quantities so they are fresh.

 

Cross Country Cafe carries a distinctive blend of Decaf Coffee Beans from Central America
  • Simmer Down (ground) is a distinctive SWISS WATER® DECAF Blend, featuring the finest Grade 1 beans from Central America. Roasted dark, Simmer Down is full-bodied with mild acidity. Subtle aromas of cocoa, nutmeg and spices fill this cup. The sweet, smooth finish creates the perfect coffee, without the kick, so you can “simmer down, like you never did before…
  • Simmer Down (whole bean) the same distinctive SWISS WATER® DECAF Blend, featuring the finest Grade 1 whole beans from Central America.
  • Simmer Down (whole bean)  available in large 2 lb bag of gourmet coffee beans.
I strongly recommend Cross Country Cafe. It has some very unique blends of coffee that are their own. They also have Gift Certificates for those that like that and also have some nice Coffee Machines.    Highly recommended!

 

To see questions to ask before you buy coffee beans – click here

 

For information on Organic Fair Trade Coffee go here

 

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