Which Decaf Coffee is WORTH Buying?
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2023
- We bought 6 different decaf coffees and tried them all as cold brew to see if any of them are worth buying.
Decaf Coffees sampled:
Dunkin's Decaf
Peet's Coffee Dark Roast
Starbuck's Decaf Pike Place
Tim Horton's Decaf
Allegro Decaf Espresso Roast (Whole Foods)
Rock Canyon' Decaf - Розваги
I love Newman's Own Organic Decaf coffee. Decaf French or Italian roast is very good in some of the high end brands. I do like a lot of Whole Food items.
I bought the Royal Canyon on this recommendation. With shipping it cost $27. Pretty pricey for coffee but worth it if it actually tastes like coffee. I always drink iced coffee so I tried it iced. Welp. It tastes like coffee flavored water. Nope. Pretty awful. Then, I bought the Peet's at my local grocery store. IT'S BETTER THAN THE ROYAL CANYON BY A MILE. So, as with all things, it's personal preference. I wish I could find a decent decaf. I'll settle for the Peet's, which actually does taste close to the dark roast caffeinated that I'm used to. I feel like with coffee it really depends on what caffeinated coffee you used to drink before switching to decaf. I always prefer a dark roast, the darker the better. So, for me, Royal Canyon is absolutely awful and Peet's is the closest I've found to a decent dark roast decaf.
Thanks so much for this information.
@@flacadiabla3193 You're welcome. I have finally landed on a decaf I like! Peet's Dark Roast Decaffeinated - Major Dickason's Blend. But what I do is add 1 tablespoon of caffeinated dark roast to the decaf and I get the coffee flavor I like.
@luluward1172
Thanks! I've also been hearing about being careful with the process of decaf. Chemical vs. Water. I tried cutting out coffee altogether due to caffeine, but I love the taste. I shall try Pete's. Thanks so much!
Guys ... you're just finding out which of the bags happens to have been added to the shelf last. Any sypermarket coffee is famously stale at purchase. If you care about coffee that much, buy from a local roaster and consume within days or have it shipped to you right after roasting. Grind the whole beans at home. I freeze coffee as soon as it arrives to always have peak freshness. The freezing itself also makes the beans grind differently, improving the taste. Especially decaf stales within days, not weeks.
Since doing this video we have found a local roaster that makes an amazing decaf and we always buy whole bean coffee if available. Freezing coffee can be tricky if not done correctly so I typically store the whole beans in a sealed mason jar and consume in under a week.
@@Forgetthefork Mason jars are good not great. What you're doing works well enough for normal coffee. However, decaf stales so much faster that single batch freezing with 50 ml test tubes or via vacuum sealing is better. You also get the added benefit of better flavor profiles for coffee ground frozen. See the decaf video of James Hoffman but ignore his advice to thaw before grinding. Separate other channels who do deep dives have determined that grinding frozen coffee is better even though it introduces more fines.
I thought it was just me I can't find anything I'm happy with
I think we might have finally found a good one from a local roaster but in general most big brand coffee makers dont make a good decaf, which is too bad.
It's impossible for supermarket decaf not to be stale when you buy it. Local roaster, purchase, freeze, grind at home.
Tim’s is my goto decaf. But not great.
At least it has an ok flavor, maybe try a local roaster and see if they have something to your liking
They doin’t smell like anything-even the whole been. I think that is half the battle. imho