Is this coffee decaffeinated or not?!
Is this coffee decaffeinated or not?
I bought organic Allegro Coffee from Whole Foods Market. The blend is "Whole Foods Blend" Light and Dark roast profile. In tiny letters there is a statement that says "decaf swiss water (r) process" It doesn't actually say decaffeinated anywhere. Is this just some sort of process that they use to make coffee or have I mistakenly bought decaf?
Answers:
The process of decaffeinating using the Swiss water method is a common way of decaffeinating coffee, you have bought decaffeinated coffee.
I think its most likely decaf
swiss water is usally cafinated so the water they used to make the coffe was decaff now the coffe is prolly caffinated
The Swiss Water decaff process is a technique that is well known for decaffeinating coffee. Basically, they use water to swell the beans and remove the coffee flavours and caffeine. They extract the caffeine from the water and use the remaining water to place the coffee flavours back into the bean.
This is a much better process than using chemical (read cancer suspect reagents) processes to extract caffeine. The coffee is of a high quality usually.
The best approach is to buy low caffeine coffee rather than decaffeinated if you want organic coffees. Also, the way you make coffee can reduce the amount of caffeine in the liquid. Coffee extraction chemistry suggests that the initial extraction is low in caffeine but the more water through the grind increases the caffeine extracted.
So, make yourself a ristretto coffee (basically an half espresso) and you minimise the caffeine.
You have accidently purchased DECAF... whoops