All Grounds for Change decaf coffee is decaffeinated using a water process that is chemical free and maintains the organic certification of our coffee.
The process involves the following steps:
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Green Coffee Beans
Start with organic unroasted green beans.
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Soak These Beans In Hot Water
This hot water draws out the flavor essences of the beans just the way hot water does with ground coffee in a coffee press. The water becomes flavor-saturated in coffee essences. These green beans are then discarded.
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Remove the Caffeine
The flavor-saturated water is then run through a carbon filter which traps and removes the caffeine molecules, but not the coffee essences.
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Immerse New Beans
Fresh green coffee beans are then added to the flavor-saturated water. Since this water is already saturated in coffee essences, the caffeine is drawn out while the flavor essences are preserved, resulting in a full flavored, decaffeinated bean. Water processing removes 97% of the caffeine, which is the industry standard.
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Great Decaf
Free of caffeine and chemicals, but full of flavor, these beans are then dried and re-bagged for roasting.
