Swiss Water decaf coffee, with notes of roasted peanut, soft milk chocolate and cookie dough. A smooth, medium-bodied coffee with mild acidity and a little burnt-sugar sweetness. Choose a 227g bag of beans or ground coffee. Updated September 2026: this is the only decaffeinated coffee we roast, and it is built to the same standard as the rest of the range. The green beans are decaffeinated using the Swiss Water Process, which uses water, temperature and time rather than added chemical solvents, and then roasted in the UK. It exists for the evening mug, the second pot, the night shift wind-down and anyone cutting their caffeine without giving up proper coffee. Choose beans or ground Beans: choose this option if you have a coffee grinder and want to grind before brewing. Ground: choose this option if you want your coffee ready ground. Check the product options against the brewer you use. How our coffee is decaffeinated Our coffee uses the Swiss Water Process. Green coffee beans are decaffeinated before roasting using water and Green Coffee Extract, with carbon filtration to remove caffeine from the extract. The process does not use added chemical solvents, which is the reason Swiss Water is the name coffee people ask for when they want decaf done properly. Read Swiss Water's explanation of its process. Does decaf still contain caffeine? A trace. No decaffeination process removes every last milligram, so a cup of decaf carries a small fraction of the caffeine in a normal cup rather than none at all. For most people that trace is irrelevant; if you are counting every milligram, our guide to how much caffeine is in coffee runs the numbers for every brew method, decaf included. The half-caff move The quiet trick decaf drinkers know: mix this bag 50/50 with any caffeinated blend to halve the dose without changing the taste or the ritual. It is how households with one strong-coffee drinker and one cutting-down drinker keep the peace, and it works with anything on our coffee strength scale. Flavour comes first This is a choice for coffee drinkers who want a decaffeinated option with a mellow, sweet flavour. Nobody should be able to tell from the cup that the caffeine is gone. Comparing it with the rest of our range? Read our coffee strength guide, or browse all coffee. Frequently Asked Questions Is Swiss Water decaf chemical free? The Swiss Water Process removes caffeine using water, temperature and time, with carbon filtration, and does not use added chemical solvents. That is the headline difference from solvent-based decaffeination methods. Does decaf coffee have any caffeine in it? A trace remains. No process removes every milligram, so a cup of decaf carries a small fraction of the caffeine in a regular cup. It is low enough that most people drink decaf freely in the evening. When do people drink decaf? After the personal caffeine cutoff: the evening mug, the late second pot, night shifts before sleep, and any day where the caffeine total is already spent. It is also the standard answer for cutting down without giving up the ritual. Should I choose beans or ground? Beans if you own a grinder, because grinding just before brewing keeps the coffee at its best. Ground if you want it ready to brew; check the grind against the brewer you use. Is decaf coffee a good gift? Better than most people expect. 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