Decaf & Half-Caff Coffee

Name: Decaf Brunch Blend
Brand: Cafepod
SKU: NC00010DC6
Price: 4.7 GBP
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.9 (19 reviews)

Proper coffee with the caffeine taken out. For the cup after dinner, or the third one before lunch.

Most people don't buy decaf to be virtuous. They buy it because they want another coffee at nine in the evening and would still like to sleep. That's a reasonable thing to want, and it shouldn't cost you the drink.

Cheap decaf tastes thin or harsh because the beans were mediocre before anyone took the caffeine out, and rough processing finishes them off. We start with high-altitude Arabica and use processes that leave the oils and aromatics alone, then roast in small batches here in the UK. The dark roasts give you chocolate and body, the medium ones a cleaner and brighter cup.

Half-caff sits in between if you're cutting down rather than stopping. All of it comes in pods, whole beans and ground, so it fits whatever you already own.

The Science of Decaffeination: How We Keep the Flavour In

At the heart of a good decaf is the extraction process. We favour Carbon Dioxide (CO2) extraction, which uses pressurised CO2 rather than the chemical solvents older methods rely on. It targets the caffeine and leaves most of the coffee oils where they are, which is why your cup still has body and the tasting notes a good Arabica should give you: caramel, toasted nuts or dark cocoa.

Why Choose Low-Caffeine and Decaf Blends?

For a lot of people the goal isn’t cutting caffeine out altogether, it’s deciding how much of it they want. Our half-caff options sit in the middle, with roughly half the caffeine of a standard cup. Decaf takes it further: around 1 to 3mg a cup, against 70 to 140mg in a regular coffee. Same ritual, same taste, you just choose the number.

Decaf runs across every format, so you can have it as Nespresso compatible pods, ground coffee or whole beans.

Finding the right CafePod coffee for you

Coffee	Intensity	Blend	Taste in 3 words	Buy Coffee
Decaf Brunch Blend	8/12	Central America	Chocolate · Caramel · Brownie	Buy now
Decaf Supercharger Espresso	11/12	South & Central America · East Africa	Brownie · Chestnut · Spice	Buy now
Half-Caff Brunch Blend Coffee Beans - 200g	8/12	Brazil · Central America · Colombia · Ethiopia	Chocolate · Caramel · Brownie	Buy now
Half-Caff Brunch Blend Ground Coffee - 200g	8/12	Brazil · Central America · Colombia · Ethiopia	Chocolate · Caramel · Brownie	Buy now
Decaf Brunch Blend	9/12	Central America	Chocolate · Caramel · Brownie	Buy now
Afternoon Delight Decaf	10/12	Central America	Caramel · Chocolate · Malt	Buy now
Smooth Operator Decaf	5/12	Central America	Red Fruit · Caramel · Citrus	Buy now

Frequently asked questions

No, and no decaf is. Removing every last molecule isn’t possible. What’s left is a very small amount: typically around 1 to 3mg a cup, against 70 to 140mg in a regular coffee. For scale, a bar of milk chocolate has about 10mg.

We primarily use the CO2 (Carbon Dioxide) process. Pressurised CO2 is circulated through the green beans, binds to the caffeine and carries it out, without the chemical solvents older methods rely on. It is selective, so most of the oils and flavour compounds stay in the bean.

Older methods use chemical solvents and are less selective. The CO2 process goes after the caffeine and largely leaves the sugars and proteins that give coffee its body and sweetness. That is why our decaf tastes like a proper roast rather than a hollow version of one.

Yes. The CO2 is flushed out along with the caffeine, so it isn’t left behind in what you drink, and the process avoids the chemical solvents used in older decaffeination methods. The beans are then washed, dried and roasted as normal.

Typically around 1 to 3mg per cup, compared with 70 to 140mg in a regular coffee. That is less than you would get from a bar of milk chocolate.

That is what most people buy it for. A cup has roughly 1 to 3mg of caffeine against 70 to 140mg in a regular coffee, so there is very little in it. How that sits with you comes down to how sensitive you are, which varies a lot from person to person.

Not at all. The beans come through the CO2 process in good condition, so we roast them in small batches the same way as the rest of the range and pack them in the same valved bags. You get the same freshness when you open the pack.