HONDURAS KOFFEINFREI BIO + FAIRTRADE

Our decaffeinated coffee from Honduras is decaffeinated using the CO2 method. Here is a brief description of the process from the manufacturer. “Carbon dioxide, also known as carbonic acid, is an essential part of our natural environment. Carbon dioxide occurs in nature as a gas or dissolved in water. It is part of the air we breathe in and out, occurs in alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages, and plays a crucial role in plant photosynthesis. Recently, it has been found to be an ideal extraction agent for caffeine under certain temperature and pressure conditions.

This makes it possible to selectively decaffeinate coffee using a natural, that is, non-chemically synthesized agent. The particularly gentle CR3 decaffeination process using natural source carbon dioxide can be described as follows: The green coffee is first moistened to a higher level. The caffeine is then extracted from the coffee in an extraction vessel using circulating liquid carbon dioxide (carbonic acid) under high pressure. The extraction takes place in a closed-loop system in which the CO2 becomes infused with caffeine, which is then separated from it in a separator before it is pumped back into the extraction vessel and through the coffee.

This process is repeated until the coffee is largely free of caffeine (< 0.1% based on the roasted coffee) and can be gently dried in a dryer to approximately its original moisture level. Only after this drying of the decaffeinated green coffee is the next step, roasting, carried out.

In terms of flavor, this single-origin decaf coffee from the COCAFCAL cooperative in Copan, from which we have sourced BIO+FAIRTRADE coffees for many years, is exactly that: coffee, not just a shadow of coffee, as is unfortunately often the case. It is very dry and nutty as espresso, and classically spicy in all filter preparations.