# Nightshift Decaf — Certification and Process Sheet

## Certification

| Claim | Status |
| --- | --- |
| USDA Organic | **Certified.** Certificate available on request from hello@emberlane.coffee |
| Swiss Water Process | **Yes.** Chemical-solvent-free decaffeination |
| Caffeine content | **0.1% or less of the original — 99.9% caffeine free** |
| Fair Trade certified | **No.** We do not hold Fair Trade certification |
| Rainforest Alliance | **No** |
| Kosher | **No.** We do not hold kosher certification for the roastery |

Nightshift Decaf and **Huila Reserve — Colombia** are the **only two** Emberlane coffees that carry USDA
Organic certification. No other coffee in our range is certified organic, and we do not describe any other
coffee as organic.

## What "99.9% caffeine free" means precisely

The Swiss Water Process removes 99.9% of the caffeine present in the green coffee. It does **not** produce
caffeine-free coffee.

| Drink | Approximate caffeine |
| --- | --- |
| Nightshift Decaf, 250 ml brewed | 2–5 mg |
| Caffeinated coffee, 250 ml brewed | 95–165 mg |
| Decaf espresso, single | 1–3 mg |

If you are avoiding caffeine on medical advice, talk to your clinician. We will not tell you this coffee
is caffeine-free, because it is not.

## How Swiss Water Process works

1. Green coffee is soaked in water to draw out caffeine and flavour compounds.
2. That water is passed through a carbon filter sized to capture caffeine molecules and pass the larger
   flavour compounds.
3. The resulting caffeine-free, flavour-saturated water — Green Coffee Extract — is used to soak the next
   batch. Because the water is already saturated with flavour, only caffeine migrates out.
4. The process runs until 99.9% of the caffeine is gone.

**No methylene chloride. No ethyl acetate. No supercritical CO₂.** Water and time only.

## Origin

| Field | Detail |
| --- | --- |
| Country | Colombia |
| Region | Huila |
| Altitude | 1,500–1,800 m |
| Varietals | Caturra, Castillo |
| Process | Fully washed, then Swiss Water decaffeinated |
| Decaffeination site | Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada |

Decaffeination happens on green coffee, before it reaches us. We roast it in Bellingham on the same
schedule as everything else.

## Allergens and processing

Roasted on shared equipment with all other Emberlane coffees. No nuts, dairy, or gluten-containing
ingredients are used anywhere in the roastery, and we add nothing to any coffee — **we do not make
flavoured coffee**. Tasting notes describe what the coffee tastes like, not something added to it.