
{"id":600,"date":"2017-10-01T03:26:27","date_gmt":"2017-10-01T03:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/konacoffee.com\/kona-coffee\/?p=600"},"modified":"2024-05-08T05:20:20","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T15:20:20","slug":"kona-decaf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.konacoffee.com\/kona-coffee\/kona-decaf\/","title":{"rendered":"Decaffeinated Kona Coffee &#8211; The natural decaf"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Not all decaffeinated coffee is the same \u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Not all decaf coffee is the same. Dramatic flavor changes occur depending on the decaffeination process. We use carbon dioxide (CO2) to <a href=\"\/kona-coffee\/product\/1lb-estate-decaf-medium-roast-save-3-lb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">naturally decaffeinate our Kona coffee<\/a>. \u00a0The taste results are\u00a0far superior to other methods.\u00a0 Keep the flavor &#8211; lose the caffeine.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_881\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-881\" style=\"width: 170px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-881 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/konacoffee.com\/kona-coffee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/decaf-1.jpg\" alt=\"100% Pure Kona Coffee - Decaffeinated\" width=\"170\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/konacoffee-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/kona-coffee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/25111757\/decaf-1.jpg 170w, https:\/\/konacoffee-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/kona-coffee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/25111757\/decaf-1-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/konacoffee-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/kona-coffee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/25111757\/decaf-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 170px) 100vw, 170px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-881\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">100% Pure Kona Coffee &#8211; Decaffeinated<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>The Natural CO2 Method<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">CO2 is the natural way to decaffeinate coffee. The caffein molecules become mobile because of the heat and pressure of the C02 passing through them. Finally CO2 and caffein removal \u00a0 happens after several hours under heat and pressure completing the extraction process.\u00a0 Consequently the oils, which are responsible for the coffee flavor remain. The decaffeinated green beans are now ready to be roasted.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Solvent Process<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">This process is perhaps the reason numerous decaf coffee flavors become compromised. \u00a0First steam opens the pores of the coffee beans. \u00a0Then a bonding caffein molecule solvent attaches to the caffein molecules. Steaming the beans again removes the solvent. The beans are then re-dried and finally roasted. Using unhealthy<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0chemical solvents negates the benefits.\u00a0 Also the solvent process affects the taste of the coffee, and not in a good way.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Swiss Water Method<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Soaking in soda water removes the caffein and oils from the green beans <a href=\"https:\/\/1depositcasinouk.com\/\">1 deposit casino uk.com<\/a>. Then, \u00a0activated charcoal filters the water to remove the caffein.<\/span>\u00a0Finally, re-soaking in water reintroduces the flavor.\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Furthermore there are drawbacks\u00a0to this method. \u00a0These water soluble oils exposed to air can\u00a0evaporate, oxidize or even turn rancid. \u00a0This widely used method, although being safe, leaches flavor from the coffee.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>All decaf coffees contain some caffeine<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Finally, all decaf coffees contain a small percentage of caffeine. \u00a0There is no\u00a0such thing as &#8220;caffeine free&#8221; coffee. \u00a0The product in it&#8217;s natural state would have to start without caffeine to labeled &#8220;100% caffeine free&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/store.konacoffee.com\/kona_en\/kona-coffee-store\/decaf-kona.html\">Order your 100% Pure Kona Decaf here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not all decaffeinated coffee is the same \u00a0 Not all decaf coffee is the same. Dramatic flavor changes occur depending on the decaffeination process. We use carbon dioxide (CO2) to naturally decaffeinate our Kona coffee. \u00a0The taste results are\u00a0far superior to other methods.\u00a0 Keep the flavor &#8211; lose the caffeine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":632,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,18,21,17,20],"tags":[25,26,11,24],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.konacoffee.com\/kona-coffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.konacoffee.com\/kona-coffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.konacoffee.com\/kona-coffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.konacoffee.com\/kona-coffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.konacoffee.com\/kona-coffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=600"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.konacoffee.com\/kona-coffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56788,"href":"https:\/\/www.konacoffee.com\/kona-coffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600\/revisions\/56788"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.konacoffee.com\/kona-coffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.konacoffee.com\/kona-coffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.konacoffee.com\/kona-coffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.konacoffee.com\/kona-coffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}