San Francisco Bay Decaf Gourmet Blend Whole Bean Coffee, 908g – Medium Roast 100% Arabica – Swiss Water Decaffeinated – Freshly Roasted in the UK

Anyone who has swapped to decaf will know the challenges of finding decent decaf beans. It takes a while for your taste buds to adjust and I’ve found most decaf beans are not strong enough and are therefore disappointing. So I tried these after reading positive reviews and they are excellent. The decaf water extraction method means you don’t get the slightly odd chemical taste and the strength of the beans is really good. I can appreciate more subtle coffee now my taste buds are not looking for the strong coffee hit. Highly recommended and great value.

Firstly, this is phenomenal value for a decaff bean. Makes a tasty coffee, slightly nutty, somewhere between a medium and dark roast. Secondly, ignore any rumours of "oily beans" in other reviews, they just were no worse than any other bean, and those reviews almost put me off buying. Ignore them, these are no more oily than Illy or Lavazza. Thirdly, I must bring the tone down a tad and say they are not on the same level as Lavazza or Illy beans. My favourite will remain Illy (Best of the bunch, but the price is ridiculous), followed by Lavazza (lovely crema and deep rich taste), and then followed very closely by these San Fransisco Bay beans. (slightly lighter/less complex taste than the other two, and much less crema) I'd recommend them if your coffee taste is for a medium roast, but if you like a deeper taste, maybe not quite so much. I can say that they are close to Lavazza, and easily the best of the rest for a decaff bean. Worth trying, I may give them another shot in due course, but I have gone back to Lavazza for now. Tested using DeLonghi Magnifica ESAM 4200S bean to cup coffee machine. Set coffee maker to max amount of coffee, finest grind of bean, and about 1/3 max water volume, then top up with fresh boiled water for an americano.

If you like to grind decafe beans these beans are very good and have a good taste

The problem with most decaf is that it has less flavour than full coffee. These beans have much better flavour than any other I’ve tried. I have already recommended to a few friends and they are equally positive about these beans. Try them if you find decaff a bit lacking in oomph.

Look, this is great coffee. And if you have a condition that limits your intake of caffeine then it's great. But I must admit that after a while it becomes how shall I put this - er, tasteless. No go. And for that reason alone if I am on decaf coffee I do prefer the instant variety which is both cheaper and much easer to vary the strength. It's also a lot cheaper.

Nice coffee bean and great for bean to cup machines, I like this coffee and can’t really taste the difference between the normal San Francisco beans and these decaf San Francisco coffee beans, they taste the same to me? So we like it, not too strong, good colour and taste, so I have been buying this for some time? I was buying from another source in the wholesale market but they don’t stock any decaf beans so there isn’t much difference in the price for these beans so it’s a good choice for us? If you prefer decaf coffee that is, this shouldn’t keep you awake at night whereas standard beans could do just that? We like it anyway, but you need to try it to find out if you do? Machine holds 250g so this will fill my machine four times,

I have an expensive espresso machine. This makes a decent latte. Quite a heavy flavour, like a typical dark roast. There may be better artisan coffee out there. I ordered a lot of different decafs on Amazon and this was the best. I think the main downside was beans are at their best in under a month and I’m pretty sure these were older.

Very good decaf bit pricey