Potentially heretical, I know. I just want to drink coffee all day…
I can’t speak to the decaf, but despite being a total coffee snob, instant has a place in my home, usually coffee flavoured drinks and baking.
What is good for you might depend on taste, but I would try Nescafe Espresso Gold Decaf for starters and experiment from there.
Just a heads up for anyone reading, Nescafé is owned by Nestlé, one of the most blatantly comic-book-level evil corporations out there. While Nescafé Gold is very much a standard in the instant world, I would strongly advise everyone against supporting Nestlé.
Fuck Nestlé.
That was much more tactful than I was about to write hahaha
Fuck Nestlé.
Sorry, I don’t do instant, but I buy whole bean sugarcane processed decaf and do pour over coffee almost all day long. If you ever want to go that route, I’m taste testing different roasters for the best and I’d be happy to share my pick.
Not sure if op is interested, but I certainly am!
Right now, I can tell you that Merit Coffee Sugarcane Decaf is really good. Smooth and balanced. But I’m trying to not buy things from Texas, so that began the taste testing adventure. 5/5
I’m on my second cup of sugarcane decaf from Shavi Coffee out of Washington DC. I found the first cup to be “muddy” and leaning a little bitter. Second cup was better, but still suggested bitterness that I’m not a fan of. I’m tasting the tiniest hint of “winey” notes, but they’re very faint. If it were the end of the world and I had to choose between these beans and supporting a Texas business as my only two choices, then I guess I’d still be buying Merit beans. 3/5
I have a bag of sugarcane decaf on the way from Gibson Coffee in Vermont. I’ll update when I get a cup of that going. ?/5
I’ve also had Happy Mug Rainy Day Decaf from Pennsylvania. It’s a water process decaf. I would say Shavi Beans have an edge over the Happy Mug beans, but for my taste buds I think sugarcane process decaf will always hold the advantage over water process. 3/5
Amazon Fresh Decaf Columbia is a shit coffee that’s bitter to the point of being acrid. No better than Great Value preground decaf, except that the Amazon beans stay fresher longer because they’re whole beans. 1/5
Bristot Decaf, Procaffe’, of Italy is another bag of beans I tried through Amazon. It’s an OK decaf whole bean. Also water process. Still a little on the bitter side. I’d choose the Happy Mug beans over the Bristot. But in my coffee journal (I’m a geek), I gave them a 3/5 noting the convenience factor of just pressing two clicks on Amazon and having it show up with other crap I ordered but didn’t really need.
Let me know if you try any good decaf whole bean – I’d love some recommendations!
This is brilliant!
The last decaf I had that I didn’t hate, was coffee bean corral’s green bean decaf that I took to right after first crack. It’s such a hassle to roast with dogs running around lol.
I’m looking into Merrit, thanks to you! They sound awesome!
