SWISS WATER^® PROCESS DECAFFEINATION

All Grounds for Change decaf coffee is decaffeinated through a process that is known as SWISS WATER^® Process.

The process according to the SWISS WATER^® Process web site:

1. Start with Green Beans
   We start with top quality unroasted green beans. If they have been organically certified, they'll still be that way after decaffeination.
   
   
2. Add Pure Water
   We soak these beans in hot water. This hot water draws out the flavor essences of the beans just the way hot water does with ground coffee on a coffee press. The water becomes "flavor-saturated" in coffee essences. We then take these beans and discard them.
   
   
3. Remove the Caffeine
   We then run this "flavor-saturated water" through a carbon filter. This traps and removes the caffeine molecules, but not the coffee essences.
   
   
4. Immerse New Beans
   New coffee beans are added to this "flavor-saturated water." Because this water is already saturated in coffee essences, the caffeine is drawn out while the flavor essences are preserved. This results in a full flavored, decaffeinated bean. In fact, our process removes 97% of the caffeine, which is the industry standard.
   
   
5. Great Decaf
   Free of caffeine and chemicals, but full of flavor, these beans are then dried. They're now ready to be roasted and brewed into the best decaffeinated coffee you'll ever taste.
   
   

The SWISS WATER^® Process is the only decaffeination process that is Certified Organic. For more information on the process, visit www.swisswater.com.