Wow I’m so impressed! I met don Pablo at Costco yesterday; enjoying a wonderful cup today. Lovely brown oily beans make me VERY HAPPY!

http://www.cafedonpablo.com/about_coffee.html

Sweetly intense, balanced aroma, with milk chocolate, cedar and ripe tomato notes. In the cup the acidity is sweet and well-integrated, the body full and mouthfeel supple, and the flavor quite sweet, with chastened but still rich complication: semi-sweet chocolate, ripe tomato, and a round, low-acid fruit that suggested banana. The finish is cocoa-toned and slightly though warmly astringent.

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http://thechiclife.com/2010/08/don-pablo-coffee-giveaway.html

COOL GIVEAWAY! I just MET DON PABLO how cool is THAT?

http://www.cafedonpablo.com/about_coffee.html

It takes me back to the days when I could hear my brother (a former cafe owner) say that Starbucks burns their beans, and it is better to grind your own, and it is better to store your un-ground beans in the freezer. He always loved to educate me about coffee beans. And I would always thank him by drinking his coffee!

Yesterday don Pablo aka -Darron J. Burke President, Cafe Don Pablo taught me something. I usually always buy decaf for the aging DH. He told me that the cheaper brands use chemical solvent that is a known carcinogen to process their decaf. Yikes! That is so sad because many people think they are being healthy by drinking decaf but instead if they are not educated then they can be doing WORSE! Don Pablo told me they ONLY use water to naturally decaffeinate their coffee. Buy from Don Pablo at Costco or his website and TASTE the difference! http://www.cafedonpablo.com/store/shop_store.html This lead me on a search to find out the details. I found this really cool website that shows it all.

Decaf Coffee Methods

by Stefanie Spencer

Can decaf taste just as good as regular coffee? Is it processed with chemicals? Can it be decaffeinated without chemicals? Is there a coffee plant that does not contain caffeine at all? After it is decaffeinated does it still contain some caffeine? The answer to all of these is yes! There are many various methods used to decaffeinate regular coffee and there is development underway to improve the taste of coffee plants that contain a low amount of caffeine or none at all. Many people assume that decaf coffee can not possibly taste as good as regular, but it can! It depends on the original quality of the coffee beans, the method used to decaffeinate them, and then the time between roasting and consumption. Often decafs are not top sellers and so they tend to sit on the shelf longer; just make sure the one you choose was freshly roasted.

The process starts with dried, green (unroasted) coffee beans which are soaked in water. After they have swelled, they are processed with a solvent, which can be plain water or a chemical. After the beans are moistened the solvent is circulated through the beans, evaporated and condensed to clean the solvent, and then circulated through the beans again. After the desired caffeine level is reached the beans are rinsed with water, sometimes steamed to remove the remainder of the solvent, and then dried. Some solvents are more precise than water at removing the caffeine while leaving behind the other elements, which means in the end it will retain more of its flavor.

The solvent ethyl acetate is an ester that is found naturally in fruits and vegetables such as bananas and apples, and it is found in coffee. Coffee that has been processed with ethyl acetate is labeled as “naturally decaffeinated” because the solvent is naturally found in these food items. However other solvents, such as methylene chloride, may be harmful and possibly carcinogenic.1 Because of this it is very important to know which solvent is being used, and if methylene chloride is used the label can not say “naturally decaffeinated.”

http://www.ineedcoffee.com/09/decaf-coffee-methods/