5 LB Subtle Earth Organic Water Process Decaf

Normally we purchase our organic decaf coffee beans at a small coffee shop in Montreal, Canada (we live in New York State near the border of Canada, so we visit Montreal frequently) because we find it very difficult to locate flavorful organic dark roast decaf coffee, despite years of searching. Due to the stay-at-home orders and border closures, we have been forced to search for a new coffee source since we can’t get to Montreal. During a recent Amazon search I found this organic decaf whole-bean coffee, so after reading other reviews, I decided to try a bag. Wow! What a lucky find!! This coffee is exactly as described...medium-dark roast (which proved very flavorful), extremely fresh, water-processed decaf, PLUS it’s a fair trade product sold at a fair price. Our order arrived promptly (even with the recent delays due to the Covid virus) and was well packaged. As soon as I opened the package, I was greeted with an amazing, rich aroma, and the cup of coffee it produced was equally delicious. Some reviewers expressed reservations since this coffee is not “Swiss Water Processed; however, I am unsure how much of a negative issue this is, but it certainly doesn’t impact the quality of this particular brew. We grind our beans rather fine as we brew our coffee with a single size Melita filter, but I imagine any brew method would yield a great cup of coffee from these beans. I would highly recommend these beans and I will definitely order this coffee again.

Love everything about this coffee. I have Hashimoto disease & the low acidity & no caffeine is hard to find & still keep the rich great flavor of coffee. This brand is perfect. Txs

This is the BEST cofee! You would never know it's decaf as it's so smooth and rich tasting. It's water processed and not chemically decaffeinated, which is important to us. We've also tried the regular whole bean organic coffee and really like it as well.

Overall happy with the taste but was unpleasantly surprised that you can't find a roast date on the package, there is some code stamp on the top of the bag but you can't infer what it means, that might mean they want to hide it, all high quality coffee provide that detail, this seller does not.

I have not drunk coffee, decaf or otherwise, for many years because I simply cannot handle caffeine. I used to drink decaf but even that adversely affected me to the point where I had to quite altogether. I researched the Swiss water bath method of decaffeination and thought I should be able to handle a coffee processed that way so-o-o-o I then researched coffees and settled on this one; I am absolutely blown away by how good this coffee is. It is so smooth and aromatic and non-acidic (as was their claim). . . . Tastes amazing! Way better than I could have imagined. I tested it by drinking two full cups on an empty stomach, which should have caused me to dash to the bathroom after being so unaccustomed to it but there was absolutely no effect whatsoever and no caffeine jitters, at all. Again, just blown away by this product. Oh, and the price is way better than so many other comparable products. Thank you Subtle Earth for making such a wonderful natural and organic product. I am one happy coffee drinkin' camper.

This decaf coffee is fantastic. No bitter taste. Chemical free. Just a great tasting coffee. (I use it in my espresso machine)

I travel full time and one of the downsides to it is that I am constantly searching for quality foods. Coffee has been an even greater challenge because I have removed caffeine from my diet but want quality, organic, whole-bean coffee. I almost always have to compromise on one or more of these desires when it's time to buy another bag. So, when I found this product, I didn't hesitate to try it. Admittedly, I did not have high hopes that it would be fresh at all. More often than not, when I successfully found organic whole-bean decaf in an enclosed bag in a supermarket, I got home and opened the bag to discover old, dry beans despite being well within the "best by" date. If that's their best, then, no thanks. Upon opening the bag for this product, I was immediately hit with a wave of fresh coffee smell before I had even looked in. Upon finding the beans freshly roasted and visually oily and yet not oily at all to the touch, I became excited like a child on Christmas morning to get a cup brewed and in front of me. It didn't disappoint. The flavor is rich and satisfying. The resealable bag sealed back up nicely. And, I find myself already looking forward to tomorrow morning. I couldn't be happier with my purchase. I'm glad I finally found a source for coffee that I can get no matter where I go. Will definitely be buying all my coffee from here from now on. UPDATE: I have bought about 7 bags now of this coffee over the last 9 months or so. It is always great and very consistent. I've recommended this coffee a LOT.

I used to love Subtle Earth Organic Decaf. Although it is decaffeinated, the flavor was wonderfully deep and roasted without tasting burned. The only problem that I had was that delivery took forever (more than a month), so I decided not to order this coffee. However, because I could not find any other coffee brand that was as tasty as this coffee used to be, I was ecstatic when the coffee became available again on Amazon and quickly ordered 2 bags of 5 lb., assuming that the coffee would taste just as great as before. This time the delivery was really fast, which was great; however, when I tasted the coffee, the flavor was not the way it used to be; the coffee was extremely bitter and sour and tasteless despite trying many different methods to make the flavor better: changing the ground size, adding vanilla extract, adding ice, adding salt, adding nutmeg, adding cinnamon, etc. However, the flavor did not improve at all. I wonder if the bad flavor was because that this is not coffee season and thus the beans were picked when they were still green or perhaps the seller had to purchase coffee beans from a different plantation/supplier. Anyway, I am so disappointed with the change of flavor and will most probably gift the second bag to somebody I know has a low standard in coffee taste, so that they won't notice the difference. My hope is that in a few months this seller can go back to selling the great tasting coffee beans the seller used to sell after the new coffee bean harvest makes better coffee beans available. They should really avoid using green/unripped coffee beans which merely taste bitter and sour.