SWISS WATER® Decaffeinated Coffee

All of the decaffeinated coffees we sell are decaffeinated by the SWISS WATER® Method. The SWISS WATER® method removes at least 97% of the caffeine from the green coffee beans without the use of the harmful chemicals used in chemical decaffeination.

The 100% chemical free SWISS WATER® decaffeination process begins by soaking high quality green coffee beans in pure clean water to create what we call “flavor-charged water”. This step occurs only once, and these original beans are then discarded. The flavor-charged water is then run through a carbon filter, which traps only the caffeine molecules in the carbon’s pores.

Next the flavor-charged water, now decaffeinated, is circulated over the green coffee beans and the caffeine, not the flavor, naturally flows out of the beans - simple diffusion. Because the water is already saturated with flavor components, any possible flavor crossover or removal that might occur is held to an absolute minimum. This is why the SWISS WATER® Process maintains coffee flavor and complexity so accurately, without adding foreign “process” flavors to the coffees.

The flavor-charged water is again run through the carbon filters to remove the caffeine. This process is continued until 97% of the caffeine has been removed. The coffee is then dried and returned to its original bags.

View an Flash animation of the Swiss Water Process at the SWISS WATER® site.