• Beans

  • Sugarcane or Swiss Water decaf

MediumRoastSteam non-alcoholic beer: they taste OK,

The difference is in the kick! This makes a huge difference MRS! I do not know if you drink beer. If you do, get a can of Brewdog’s Hazy Jane and Triple Hazy. The difference in these two us in alcohol content and flavour. I love both, but more of the triple hazy. I guess the same applies for coffee. Certain standard bag has more oomph than others - like light roasts vs medium roast. I find Brazilians are too mild. Liking a decaf is like that.

MediumRoastSteam good decaf that I like.

Please try a bag of Extract Coffee’s sugarcane decaf and Smith Street’s Five Arches. The best so far IMO.

Unless one can prove the significant loss of flavour or otherwise, neither no one is wrong. I would tend to think nothing significant is lost as opined by most of the roasters. We need a solid evidence to prove otherwise.

I am puzzled why expensive coffee beans don’t go through the decaf process. I can’t blindly assume the risk of losing lots of flavour is the reason. The decaf is an expensive process. This will make the expensive beans decaf cost prohibitive.

MWJB It’s a shame we are really limited in decaf choices.

          I can vouch for Extract Sugarcane decaf too. If you haven’t ordered from them before they usually do a 30% discount code for new customers

          LMSC I tried a sub with Decadent, a bit of a non-starter I’m afraid.

            Caffeine & alcohol rots the brain and lowers your vibrational frequency.

              drdre89 Errr.. yeah….and??? Lol, you pay your money and you make your choices.

              IMHO existing without living (risks,etc) lowers your vibrational frequency a helluva lot more!!

              Enjoy the ride, everything in moderation, including moderation! Safe and sensible is for accountants

              For me, the reminders of injuries past are a sometime drag, but the memories are freakin awesome!!!

                4 days later

                The sugar cane decaf from extract came in the post today. Meh. In my opinion, just another decaf. Not my thing at all, and, very dark.

                Once Dave described coffee as being “alive”. And I think I get it now, as, for me, day experience with decaf is meh, flat, dead, not a great deal of aftertaste.

                I’ll keep in the freezer for when I fancy a coffee after dinner.

                • LMSC replied to this.

                  MediumRoastSteam If you don’t like decaf, you don’t! Surprised you don’t like it. I was really surprised how good it actually is. The only thing that I don’t like about them is they are on the darker side, considering the process greens have gone thru!

                  Sorry mate, you had to spend money only to find it disappointing!

                    a month later

                    @dfk41 Do you have any fresh decaf recommendation please? What are you drinking now? Do you always rest all the decafs for 3-4 weeks? Thx

                    I’ve not opened my Django decaff yet. Still resting. Am really interested to find out what it tastes like.

                    I’m really looking forward to JHs ‘great decaff experiment’.

                    My understanding (from a YT Q&A he did) is it will involve buying a bean at source, sending it to different decaff processors, then selling it to roasters to roast their way and people can buy from them as normal. Follow and interrogate the whole process and then see what people think. I don’t know if there will be a ‘worlds biggest choice tasting’ element to it.

                    • LMSC replied to this.

                      PortafilterProcrastinator We are already drinking it. It is ok and not our favourite like Smith Street or Extract. It is underdeveloped for sure. I had scored it 3 out of 5. You needed to dose at least 70g/l in V60, if you want to avoid a very weak cup.

                      For the KG price with 15% discount, it’s a good deal.

                          LMSC - I have to say, I find your comment interesting. 😊

                          Correct me if I’m wrong, but, you are saying that you are drinking a coffee and that’s not your favourite, and rather have others. And then you say that, if the price is cheap enough (given price + a discount) you think “it’s a good deal” and presumably would recommend it or buy it? Even though you don’t really like it? Personally, If I don’t like something, I would not buy it whether it’s a good deal or not. 😊

                          I’m very confused. 🤣

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