Bean to cup machines have made home coffee easier and created a practical switching problem. Decaf beans work well in automatic machines when the roast is suitable, the beans are not excessively oily and the household has a sensible way to move between regular and decaf. Quick answer Choose decaf beans for a bean to…
UK research suggests one in five coffee drinkers regularly chooses decaf and 26% increased their intake during the year to December 2025. The change is being driven by people managing caffeine across the day, better coffee quality and more choice across beans, ground coffee, espresso and pods. Quick answer Why more people are choosing decaf…
The coffee maker gets all the credit. The coffee maker sits on the counter looking important, gets named after Italian regions and costs more than several items of furniture. Meanwhile, the cafetiere, the moka pot, the humble tea strainer and the improvised filter bag fashioned from a paper cone and a prayer have been quietly…
There is a particular kind of bravery involved in walking into a supermarket, standing in front of the coffee aisle and attempting to find a decaf that will not make you feel like you are being punished for something. We know this because we have done it. Repeatedly. In the name of science, and also…
Organic. The word that divides the coffee aisle into people who check the label and people who think checking the label is what other people do. We are not here to judge either camp. We are here to tell you what organic decaf coffee actually means, what it costs you, what it gets you and…
Every morning you make a cup of something excellent, drink it, feel better about the world, and then throw the spent grounds in the bin as though they have done their job and are no longer your concern. They have not done their job. They have barely started. Used decaf coffee grounds are one of…
Your colleague has opinions about decaf. They involve chemicals, or the pointlessness of it, or something they read that one time. Your colleague has probably also at various points declared that fat is fine, that carbs are the real enemy, that you should be doing intermittent fasting and that the key to good sleep is…
A fair warning before we begin. We sell decaf. We have strong opinions about decaf. We are not the most impartial narrator for a story about going decaf. We acknowledge this fully and then proceed anyway, partly because we genuinely went through it, and partly because the things we wish someone had told us first…
Endurance athletes are in a constant race against time, not only in competition but also in recovery. The quicker an athlete can recover, the faster they can return to training and improve their performance. Recent findings have shone a light on an unlikely aide in this race: decaffeinated coffee. Introduction In the landscape of sports…
Introduction In the realm of endurance sports, athletes constantly seek nutritional strategies that can accelerate recovery and enhance performance. Traditional recovery approaches have predominantly focused on carbohydrate replenishment and protein synthesis. However, recent research introduces a novel contender in the recovery regimen: decaffeinated coffee. This article delves into a groundbreaking study, “Decaf Coffee Increases Post-Exercise…