Where to buy good decaf in Europe, how the decaffeination processes differ, and what the coffee is actually like in the cup. Tasting notes from a home setup, with sources for the claims.https://decaf.flokinn.be/enhttps://decaf.flokinn.be/news/2026-08-14-blackbird-august-closure/https://decaf.flokinn.be/news/2026-08-14-blackbird-august-closure/The Stuttgart-area roastery is closed for the summer, though online orders are still being accepted and will ship on reopening. Worth knowing if you were planning to use them for a side-by-side process tasting.Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTUpdateshttps://decaf.flokinn.be/news/2026-08-14-d-stands-for-eu-shipping/https://decaf.flokinn.be/news/2026-08-14-d-stands-for-eu-shipping/Packaging regulation — extended producer responsibility — has taken an EU decaf-only roaster partly off the map for EU customers. Check their current country list before ordering rather than assuming EU-wide delivery.Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTUpdateshttps://decaf.flokinn.be/news/2026-08-14-directory-launch/https://decaf.flokinn.be/news/2026-08-14-directory-launch/Nine roasters and curators, four of them decaf-only. Targeted searching in six languages found no decaf-only roaster in Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Ireland, Poland or the Nordics — that absence is a finding, not a gap in the research.Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTUpdateshttps://decaf.flokinn.be/news/2026-08-14-les-revelations-resumes/https://decaf.flokinn.be/news/2026-08-14-les-revelations-resumes/Back from the summer break at the end of the month. One of only two decaf-only roasters that reliably ships across the EU, so the pause matters more here than it would for a general roaster.Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTUpdateshttps://decaf.flokinn.be/news/2026-08-14-mountain-water-99-9-correction/https://decaf.flokinn.be/news/2026-08-14-mountain-water-99-9-correction/The widely repeated "99.9% caffeine free" claim for Mountain Water Process comes from roasters and importers, not from the plant. Descamex's own site says decaffeination exceeding 97%. The number appears to have migrated across from Swiss Water's separate guarantee about a different process.Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTUpdateshttps://decaf.flokinn.be/guides/best-specialty-decaf-europe/https://decaf.flokinn.be/guides/best-specialty-decaf-europe/Who does decaf properly in Europe: which roasters are decaf-only, which ones actually ship across the EU, and what processes they use. Kept up to date, with the date on every entry.Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTGuideshttps://decaf.flokinn.be/guides/swiss-water-vs-sugarcane-ea-vs-co2/https://decaf.flokinn.be/guides/swiss-water-vs-sugarcane-ea-vs-co2/Four processes account for essentially every decaf on a European specialty bag. How they actually differ in the cup, which label claims survive contact with the regulation, and why the process matters less than you have been told.Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTGuideshttps://decaf.flokinn.be/guides/is-decaf-caffeine-free/https://decaf.flokinn.be/guides/is-decaf-caffeine-free/No. A cup of decaf carries roughly 2–15 mg of caffeine against about 95 mg in a regular cup. Here is what the measured figures actually say, and why the legal thresholds are looser than most people assume.Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTGuideshttps://decaf.flokinn.be/guides/laurina-aramosa-low-caffeine-coffee/https://decaf.flokinn.be/guides/laurina-aramosa-low-caffeine-coffee/Naturally low-caffeine coffee is not decaf. Laurina runs around 0.6% caffeine and Aramosa around 0.7–0.8%, against roughly 1.2% for standard arabica — what that means in the cup, and why you can barely buy either.Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTGuideshttps://decaf.flokinn.be/guides/how-to-brew-decaf/https://decaf.flokinn.be/guides/how-to-brew-decaf/Most decaf brewing advice is shop-floor lore, and the one controlled study contradicts it. What the evidence actually supports, what is folklore, and how to dial in a decaf without inheriting someone else's assumption.Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTGuideshttps://decaf.flokinn.be/methods/swiss-water/https://decaf.flokinn.be/methods/swiss-water/A water-only process run at a single plant in British Columbia, using coffee extract already saturated with everything except caffeine. The best known name in decaf, and the most misunderstood — it is a company guarantee, not a certification.Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTProcesseshttps://decaf.flokinn.be/methods/sugarcane-ea/https://decaf.flokinn.be/methods/sugarcane-ea/Ethyl acetate fermented from sugarcane molasses, used as an extraction solvent in Colombia. The sweetest-cupping process and the one whose marketing is furthest from its chemistry.Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTProcesseshttps://decaf.flokinn.be/methods/co2/https://decaf.flokinn.be/methods/co2/Caffeine dissolved out under pressure by carbon dioxide above its critical point. The most selective process and the best for body and mouthfeel — and the most expensive to run, which is why you see so little of it.Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTProcesseshttps://decaf.flokinn.be/methods/mountain-water/https://decaf.flokinn.be/methods/mountain-water/A water process run in Veracruz using glacier-fed watershed water. Mechanically a close cousin of Swiss Water — and the process most often described with a number its own plant does not claim.Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTProcesseshttps://decaf.flokinn.be/where-to-buy/belgium/https://decaf.flokinn.be/where-to-buy/belgium/Belgium has no decaf-only roaster. What it does have is proximity — here is what actually ships to a Belgian address, what it costs to get it here, and which options are worth the freight.Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTWhere to buyhttps://decaf.flokinn.be/where-to-buy/germany/https://decaf.flokinn.be/where-to-buy/germany/Germany decaffeinates more coffee than it sells as specialty decaf. Here is what ships to a German address, and why Germany is the best place in Europe to taste the processes side by side.Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTWhere to buyhttps://decaf.flokinn.be/where-to-buy/netherlands/https://decaf.flokinn.be/where-to-buy/netherlands/The Netherlands has the best-connected decaf programme in Europe and no decaf-only roaster. Here is what ships to a Dutch address and what the local scene actually offers.Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTWhere to buy