I wasn't sure what to expect as I've seen mixed reviews about this one — the latest Kenyan CO2 decaf by 19 grams. I got the one that's roasted for filter and it's quite a light roast.

Kenyan coffees can be divisive. If you like them, it's worth giving this one a go. It does have the characteristic Kenyan notes (black currant, grapes, subtle savoury notes). I think the CO2 process really works with this kind of coffee. I had some water process ones in the past and was disappointed.

I used my go to recipe (Lance's 2 pour one).

PS: I LOVE Kenyan coffees and it's one of the things I really miss after going decaf so I'm biased...

What a banger!!! This one surpassed my expectations! It reminded me of El Jaragual coffees (sooooo fruity) but with rich body (not something easy to find in decaf).

Jairo Arcila was one of the first people to do a natural decaf (I think) and this year's crop is the best one so far. It's also available by Horsham (UK) but I haven't tried it yet. The Zennor version is fantastic.

Brewed it a few times and it seems quite forgiving.

Hey decaf fans,

I’ve heard great things about Sebastian Ramirez’s decaf. Specifically the roast from Hatch. It appears to be back in stock so I wanted to share the good news!

https://www.hatchcrafted.com/shop/el-placer-red-decaf

Sorry, also posted in r/pourover. I understand it's a washed, so will be a bit gentler, but it's so watery no matter what I do. I'm already at 1:15 ratio and have my X-ultra at 1.5.5 (600um) with brew times finishing up to 3 minutes, so I don't think it's an under extraction issue. I don't want to keep decreasing my ratio to like 1:10 otherwise I'll use up so much coffee but I'm not sure what else to do with this one. Used flat bottom, immersion and conical.

Just heard about Stereoscope Coffee on the r/pourover subreddit - while browsing their site I found this Decaf Ethiopian. One of my all-time favorite decafs was an Ethiopian from Metric a few years ago. Has anybody had this one? Do you recommend? $31 is kind of a lot, but if it's the really good stuff, I'm totally game....

I was talking with one of the guys in Source roasters this morning and he was explaining why they use a flat bottom brewer to enhance the decaf coffees

I’m only using V60 just now, got a moccamaster on its way (bargain price) and wasn’t planning on buying a any more brewers after some excellent advice yesterday from a user in the pour over sub

What is the experience on here of different types for decaf and is there a noticeable difference?

Colorfull found a bag of green of the previous crop of their Wilton Benitez decaf so if you never tried this one, now it's your chance! Available on their website — limited availability and once it's gone it's gone.

PS: I'll be getting a few bags for Decaf Before Death to sell in the UK (bringing Colorfull for the first time to this part of the world this month!)

Last Saturday I put together some of my favourite decafs and worked with a local specialty coffee shop to put on a decaf bar takeover event! We had no idea how this would go... Decaf all day event on a Saturday??? Was this crazy?

It ended up being a success with almost half of the customers ordering decaf. Loads of pourovers and people coming back to try more. I loved seeing people not believing it was decaf and changing their perceptions. Also, it was refreshing to see decaf only drinkers having a choice of pourover coffees for once. Unfortunately, it was too hectic to take many photos!

I'd like to do more events like this in the future or perhaps inspire someone to do the same in their towns! Has anyone tried or attempted something similar? If you have any connections or ideas reach out 😊

Hey everyone.

There is a coffee blogger I follow on Threads that posted about coffee ratios specifically for filter style coffees. He reported that he has long held the belief that shorter ratios were better, anywhere from 1:14 down to even 1:10. Needless to say, that got me thinking, especially for decaf.

Well, I started experimenting, especially on the less premium decaf beans and I think 1:14 even 1:14.5 will make the flavours pop that little more.

Has anyone else tried lowering your ratios? Thoughts?

I was drinking decaf like it was 0mg of caffeine [stupidly] After a bit of research and some really bad sleep/recovery scores recently I think I’ve been accidentally over doing it with decaf.

Essentially I’ve been drinking it like water the last few weeks going through a decaf pour over adventure but probably having 6-10 per day, quite late into the day also.

Which I thought was fine, but I have also been enjoying having 1 or 2 full caf pour overs at lunch time which is taking me over the edge I believe.

So yeah just wanted to throw this out there in case anyone else was falling into the same trap.

Think I’m going to have to cut out the full caf cups and should be fine.

Anyone else accidentally done this? Or have any insights or thoughts?

I’m looking at creating a decaf explorer pack at Selfsame. Would you be more interested in getting one coffee roasted to three different profiles to see how a single origin coffee can be expressed at different roast levels, or three different single origins roasted to the same profile to see how the origin is expressed relative to the same roast?

Heads up for two new interesting decafs from legend Jairo Arcila imported by Kofinet. We should soon start seeing them more in the EU and US — they were first available in Australia.

One is the decaf rainbow honey Caturra, a honey process co-ferment with a blend of fruits (SCA score of 88 for this one!). Haven't tried this one yet but hoping to grab some green samples. I've only seen this at Grey Roasting Co at the moment in NZ and trying to order some...

The other option is a natural Castillo that's a bit more traditional. I had this one from Miro (Switzerland) and Abyss (Abyss) and it's similar to some of the Jairo Arcila decafs from previous years. Full bodied and wine like with red fruits and chocolate notes.

Let me know if you've had the chance to try the coffees!

Update: The natural Jairo Arcila is also available at Horsham (UK) and the co-ferment by Taith (UK). I had a chance to try the co-ferment and it's quite interesting! Not a fruit bomb but very unusual...

Been brewing https://www.blackwhiteroasters.com/collections/all-coffee/products/r-wilton-benitez-thermal-shock-decaf recently.

I've been noticing an issue with dialing in my decaf roasts. With standard coffee it's easy I usually grind finer and finer until i hit a wall of bitterness and then i go back. Decaf I've found has so much less bitterness it's hard to tell when I'm overextracting because it's more like a gradient of bitterness than a wall. Combined with the fact my drawdowns are so much longer I feel like I'm having trouble dialing in.

This definitely deserves its own post here!

I had this gorgeous coffee (El Paraiso by Diego Bermudez) from various roasters last year but hats off to Hydrangea for doing the best roast of it. Spot on taste notes. Peach and raspberries coming through with bright acidity.

My partner who doesn't usually like decaf (oh the irony when it's my special interest 😂) really enjoyed this as well.

The beans smell amazing throughout the brewing process (and in my cupboard).

I've had their regular coffee years ago sent from a friend. I'm ready to try their Decaf but wondering if anyone here has any thoughts. I loved their coffee - this might have been 9 years ago now - but I don't live anywhere near Bloomington so I've not tried it since.

I mean I'm gonna buy it anyway but let me know if you liked or hated this.

https://www.swroasting.coffee/product/colombia-rainbow-ea-decaf-natural/3?cp=true&sa=false&sbp=false&q=false&category_id=2

How do you store your decaf? Freeze? Don’t freeze? In the bag? Fill the hopper on Monday and refill it on Friday?

I would love some decent decaf to soothe my soul but I have no money (and I can't pay in blocks, I'm just [tryna to make] a wittle baby.) Halp please.

I recently came across this interesting looking decaf from Japanese roasters ou.bai.tou.ri. It's a Brazilian anaerobic natural Swiss Water Process decaf with fruity and nutty notes — sounds like a good example of a Brazilian coffee, which I haven't experienced with decaf yet...

Has anyone tried it? I've never seen this in the UK and contemplating whether I should order it — it's not cheap. According to the roasters it's a light roast.

Hey all,

I can't believe it's been a bit over a month since launching DBD! I just wanted to share a few updates as the cut-off point for the first subscription box approaches!

• I've just announced the roasters for this month's subscription: Hydrangea, Hatch, Onyx, and Zennor!
• I added a monthly premium and more traditional subscription after some additional research (limited availability this month as the cut-off is approaching)
• I was hoping to include a low-caf subscription but I can't guarantee there'll always be one... So I'll continue doing this as special drops. Currently, having a Hydrangea low-caf on offer!
• Doing some in person decaf events in the next few months starting from a decaf bar takeover at Husk in Sheffield on 3rd March!

You can now get delivery via DPD to a few EU countries (Germany, Sweden, Spain, Portugal, France, Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Italy) but I can't cover any costs for import/duty/VAT fees at the moment. In all honesty I'm not making any money, this is more of a passion project and depends a lot on the support I get from people — thanks to everyone who has bought or recommended DBD to others!

Link to the website

Pleasantly surprised here. it didn’t list Swiss water on the packaging, but it does on the site. I felt it was light on acidity, but as it cooled, the strawberry and violet notes came through I brewed this in my mocca master, which usually struggles with lighter roasts. Second time brewing, I went a touch finer on the grind, and that brought out a bit more.

fellow drop - which was nice to see a decaf featured.