My understanding is that there are basically 4 decaffeinating processes: Swiss water, Carbon Dioxide (CO2) and two chemical processes. I am looking for a good priced and good tasting roasted decaf coffee bean. Recently my doctor told my wife and I that we should only drink decaf coffee from now on. Furthermore, he even specified that we are not to buy any coffee that uses chemicals to decaffeinate it. At first it was hard for us to accept his advice because we both love our full flavored coffee, but we knew we had to make the swich.
Now we are used to drinking pretty good quality coffee and grinding our own beans for each pot. We used to only drink the Starbucks and Millstone but that got a bit expensive so then we found the Marques de Paiva French Roast Gourmet Coffee at Sam’s and started drinking that. It was almost as good as Starbucks and Millstone but was saving us a significant amount of money. When we took the doctors advice and made the switch from decaf we bought the Marques De Paiva Gourmet Decaf Organic Whole Bean Coffee (fair trade) from Sam’s Club and it uses the Swiss water process to remove the caffeine.
Let’s just say it was a shocker! I could not believe how bitter, bland and washed out it tasted. Does all decaf coffee from the Swiss water process taste like this? Does Starbucks or Millstone use the Swiss water process to decaffeinate all of their coffee beans? I have read conflicting info that the CO2 decaffeinating process is a chemical process but others say its natural. The Swiss water process claims to be the only 100% chemical free decaffeination process. Are their health risks with the CO2 process like with the two chemical processes? I just want some good priced and good tasting roasted decaf coffee beans that are decaffeinated by using no chemicals. Any suggestions? I am willing to pay between $5 and $10 per pound.
Now we are used to drinking pretty good quality coffee and grinding our own beans for each pot. We used to only drink the Starbucks and Millstone but that got a bit expensive so then we found the Marques de Paiva French Roast Gourmet Coffee at Sam’s and started drinking that. It was almost as good as Starbucks and Millstone but was saving us a significant amount of money. When we took the doctors advice and made the switch from decaf we bought the Marques De Paiva Gourmet Decaf Organic Whole Bean Coffee (fair trade) from Sam’s Club and it uses the Swiss water process to remove the caffeine.
Let’s just say it was a shocker! I could not believe how bitter, bland and washed out it tasted. Does all decaf coffee from the Swiss water process taste like this? Does Starbucks or Millstone use the Swiss water process to decaffeinate all of their coffee beans? I have read conflicting info that the CO2 decaffeinating process is a chemical process but others say its natural. The Swiss water process claims to be the only 100% chemical free decaffeination process. Are their health risks with the CO2 process like with the two chemical processes? I just want some good priced and good tasting roasted decaf coffee beans that are decaffeinated by using no chemicals. Any suggestions? I am willing to pay between $5 and $10 per pound.