The Cleanest Job in Coffee History.

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  • Water Decaf Method
  • No Solvents / Chemicals
  • 99.9% Caffeine Removed
  • Every Batch on File

3 Ways to Decaf, Only 1 We Trust.

Method Water method Methylene Chloride Ethyl Acetate
What touches the bean Water solvent solvent
% of US decaf ~5% ~70% ~15%
FDA position Approved Approved

(residue limit)
Approved

(residue limit)
Common residue smell None None nail polish like
Caffeine removed 99.9% ~97% ~97%

Below the legal limit is where we start, not where we stop.

Caffeine Out. Everything Else In.

Process diagram showing Water-Based Decaffeination: beans soaked, caffeine dissolved, charcoal filtered, flavor-rich water returned

Two passes. No chemicals introduced. No flavor lost. 99.9% of the caffeine removed.

Every batch on file

Lightlabs tests every
lot before it ships.
99+% of coffee, decaf or
regular does not go
through this type of
testing. Ours does.

Coffee brewed with a gooseneck kettle through a glass dripper on a wooden stand
Person working on a laptop beside coffee and a Heist Smooth Talker decaf package

Mycotoxins. Mold. Heavy metals. If a lot doesn't pass, it doesn't ship.

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Coffee beans falling onto a pile of beans against a beige background

Mycotoxins. Mold. Heavy metals. If a lot doesn't pass, it doesn't ship.

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Decaf has been
an apology for fifty
years. We're done apologizing.

  • Top 1% of World's Arabica Beans
  • Water Extracts the Caffeine
  • Third-Party Testing
  • Small-Batch Roasting

The old decaf was cheap beans, fast solvents, and a reputation it earned. We started over.

The result is a cup we actually want to drink. After dinner. At 11 p.m. On a Sunday. Without paying for it the next day.

Coffee Without A Curfew.

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