Best Decaf Medium Roast Coffee: Specialty Grade Decaf, No Chemicals

Most decaf tastes like an apology. It's usually built from low-grade beans, stripped with chemical solvents, and roasted to hide the damage. That's why so many coffee drinkers who cut back on caffeine quietly give up on coffee altogether.

Hunter's Blend Decaf is built the opposite way: Specialty Grade beans, a water-only decaffeination process out of Veracruz, Mexico, and the same small-batch roast we give every other bag we ship out of Mechanicsburg, Ohio.

Hunter's Blend Decaf — Specialty Grade, Zero Compromise

Our Decaf Coffee (Medium Roast) starts where every bag of ours starts: Specialty Grade coffee, the top 6% of coffee produced worldwide. That grading matters more in decaf than anywhere else, because decaffeination is a stress test. Cheap beans with defects, uneven density, or moisture problems come out of the process flat and papery. Clean, dense, high-grown beans hold their structure and their sugars.

From there it's roasted in small batches at 425–450°F+ for 12–15 minutes — the same roast window as our caffeinated blends, dialed to a medium profile with chocolate and caramel sweetness rather than roasted-over bitterness.

How Our Decaf Coffee Is Made

The Decaffeination Process Explained

Caffeine has to be pulled out of the green bean before roasting. There are three common ways to do it: chemical solvent processes (methylene chloride or ethyl acetate), CO₂ processes, and water-based processes. Solvent methods are the cheapest and the most common in commodity decaf. Water-based methods cost more and are gentler on flavor.

Why We Use Mountain Water Process — No Chemicals

Our decaf is decaffeinated using the Mountain Water Process out of Veracruz, Mexico. Green beans are soaked so caffeine migrates out into water, and that water is passed through a filter that captures caffeine molecules while leaving the flavor compounds behind. The flavor-rich water goes back to the beans. No chemical solvents are involved at any stage.

The practical result: you keep the chocolate, the caramel, and the body. You lose the caffeine. That is the entire point.

Decaf vs Regular: What You're Really Getting

	Hunter's Blend Decaf (Medium Roast)	Hunter's Blend Original Roast
Bean grade	Specialty Grade (top 6%)	Specialty Grade (top 6%)
Roast level	Medium	Medium / dark
Caffeine removal	Mountain Water Process, Veracruz, MX — no chemicals	None — full caffeine
Flavor notes	Chocolate, caramel, smooth low-bitterness finish	Balanced, bold, classic everyday cup
Roast profile	425–450°F+, 12–15 minutes, small batch	425–450°F+, 12–15 minutes, small batch
Best for	Evenings, second and third cups, caffeine-sensitive drinkers	Morning, pre-dawn stand, long drives
Sizes	12 oz ground or whole bean ($19.99), 5 lb bulk ($99.99), single-serve pods	12 oz, 5 lb bulk, pods

Want them side by side? Compare with Original Roast or grab a 4-pack sampler and run your own taste test.

Does Decaf Still Have Caffeine? (Yes — A Little)

Decaf is not caffeine-free, and any brand telling you otherwise is guessing. The U.S. Food & Drug Administration notes that a typical 8-ounce cup of regular coffee contains roughly 80 to 100 mg of caffeine, while USDA FoodData Central lists brewed decaffeinated coffee at approximately 2 mg per 8-ounce cup. In plain terms: a mug of decaf carries a small fraction of what regular coffee does — enough that it still counts, not enough to keep most people up.

Who Drinks Decaf? (It's Not Who You Think)

• People who already drank three cups. Decaf is the fourth cup, not the first. Switch after lunch and keep the ritual all day.
• Evening coffee drinkers. Dessert coffee, campfire coffee, after-dinner coffee with company.
• Anyone told to cut back. Heart rate, blood pressure, sleep, pregnancy — plenty of people are advised to reduce caffeine. Talk to your doctor about your own limits; we're roasters, not physicians.
• Late-season hunters and shift workers. Anyone who needs to sleep at odd hours but still wants something hot in the thermos.

How to Brew Great Decaf Coffee

Decaf beans behave slightly differently than caffeinated ones — decaffeination makes them a little more porous, so they can extract faster and scorch easier. Three adjustments fix almost everything:

• Water temperature: aim for about 195–205°F. Off-boil, not boiling.
• Ratio: start at roughly 2 tablespoons of ground coffee per 6 oz of water, then adjust to taste.
• Grind: coarse for French press, medium for drip, medium-fine for pour over. If your decaf tastes thin or hollow, go one step finer before you add more coffee.

Buying whole bean and grinding at brew time makes a bigger difference in decaf than it does in regular coffee. If convenience wins, our Decaf Single Shots are fresh-packed for single-cup brewers.

Customer Reviews

"I can only drink decaf now (sadly). But it tastes like and has the same rich aroma as your regular caffeinated. LOVE!"
— Lainey Wages, Decaf Coffee (Medium Roast), 08/10/2026

"Great coffee"
— John, Decaf Coffee (Medium Roast), 08/20/2026

FAQ

How is your decaf coffee decaffeinated?

Using the Mountain Water Processing method, out of Veracruz, Mexico. No chemicals are involved.

Does decaf coffee still have caffeine?

Yes, a small amount. USDA FoodData Central lists brewed decaf at roughly 2 mg of caffeine per 8-ounce cup, versus about 80–100 mg for regular brewed coffee according to the FDA. Decaf is low-caffeine, not caffeine-free.

Is Hunter's Blend Coffee certified organic?

No — we are not USDA Certified Organic, and we won't use organic-adjacent language to imply that we are. What we do instead: we source Specialty Grade coffee, the top 6% of coffee worldwide, and roast it in small batches at 425–450°F+ for 12–15 minutes. That high-heat roast is our quality assurance step. Certification is paperwork; sourcing standards and roast control are what actually end up in your cup.

Do you test for mold or mycotoxins?

We do not currently perform third-party mold or mycotoxin testing, so we don't make "mycotoxin free" claims — and frankly, any brand advertising that should be able to name the lab and show the results. What we can tell you: we start with Specialty Grade beans, defect-screened at origin, and every batch is roasted at 425–450°F+ for 12–15 minutes. For reference, the FDA notes that pathogens and most molds are eliminated at 180°F for 2–4 minutes. Clean green coffee plus a hot, controlled roast is our assurance, and we'd rather show you the process than sell you a sticker.

How long does the coffee stay fresh?

Your bag arrives freshly roasted and will remain good to use for over two months. Store it sealed, at room temperature, away from light.

Shop Hunter's Blend Decaf

Decaf Coffee (Medium Roast) is $19.99 for a 12 oz bag in ground or whole bean, and the 5 lb bulk bag is $99.99 — a lower cost per ounce. Prefer single-cup? Try the Decaf Blend Single Shots. Browse every roast in our 12 oz collection, and read more on sourcing and roasting in What About Organic?

Defending hunting, one cup at a time.