Decaffeinated Coffee

How is coffee decaffeinated with water?

Amazing coffee from the world is shipped directly to the Swiss Water Company for processing. Cleaned and hydrated with pure, local water to prepare them for caffeine removal, these beans are beginning their journey to becoming amazing decaf coffee.

Swiss Water Company developed a Green Coffee Extract (GCE) which is introduced to the beans and caffeine removal begins. 

Caffeine ventures out on its own, away from the coffee beans into the GCE until the ratio of soluble compounds in the GCE to the compounds in the coffee reach the point of equilibrium. Caffeine and GCE flow continuously through our proprietary carbon filters until all the caffeine is trapped and separated from the GCE. Then the GCE is refreshed so that it can be used again and again to remove more caffeine.

For the next 10 hours, they continuously monitor the process and caffeine levels in each batch we are decaffeinating. We monitor time, gauge temperature controls, and check the levels on the GCE flow. The result of all this loving attention to detail is worth it -- 99.9% caffeine-free coffee.