Brazil Minas Gerais Swiss Water Decaf 2/3 MTGB GC 2025

Brazil Decaf Coffee Beans

When someone switches to decaf, it’s clear that there’s an attachment to the flavor of coffee that they can never give up. Now, it’s easier than ever to have delicious caffeine-free coffee with all the characteristics of beloved origin terroirs. With constant innovations and improvements in decaf processing methods decaf drinkers can enjoy their coffee without sacrificing quality or flavor experience.

That means a natural process Brazilian coffee like this one from Minas Gerais can shine, even as a decaf. Roasters will detect flavor notes like cocoa powder and nuttiness, with a mild citrus acidity and black tea finish.

Minas Gerais alone produces more coffee as a region than any other country in the world, At around 30 million 60-kg bags per year, this region in Brazil accounts for nearly half of country's total coffee production. It doesn’t get more quintessentially Brazilian than this, and now it’s available in decaf, too.

What is the Swiss Water® Decaf Process?

The Swiss Water Process, developed in Switzerland, is a natural, chemical-free way to decaffeinate coffee. Swiss Water boasts a process that is not only clean and natural, it also keeps the original flavor of the coffee intact.

The Swiss Water process starts by soaking green coffee beans in pure water to create a proprietary Green Coffee Extract (GCE). The GCE holds all the coffee’s soluble compounds. The extract is then passed through activated carbon filters to remove caffeine, leaving behind a flavorful, caffeine-free solution.

When new batches of green coffee beans are added to the GCE and soaked for 8–10 hours, the caffeine naturally moves out of the beans without stripping away their taste. The extract is continuously refreshed through carbon filtration, ensuring the beans keep their original characteristics.

Thanks to this careful process, Swiss Water decaf removes 99.9% of the caffeine while preserving the coffee’s original profile—acidity, flavors, and complexity. It’s a decaf that actually tastes like coffee, making it a great option for anyone looking to cut back on caffeine without sacrificing quality. Learn more about how decaf coffee is made here.

About Brazil Green Coffee Beans

Brazil’s coffee story kicked off in 1727 with Arabica seeds smuggled from French Guiana, and within a century, it became the world’s leading coffee producer. Coffee fueled Brazil’s economy, dominated by agrarian oligarchs who drove production and exports, especially from São Paulo.

The abolition of slavery in 1888 brought waves of immigrants to coffee-growing regions, propelling Brazil’s coffee output to 80% of global supply by the 1920s. Though other countries have since increased their exports, Brazil still provides 30–40% of the world’s coffee and consumes 20 million bags domestically, with a supply chain that generates more than 8 million jobs – proof of just how important coffee is to life in Brazil and how important Brazil is to coffee drinkers around the world.

Brazil's coffee production has faced significant challenges recently, primarily due to adverse weather conditions. Brazil’s National Supply Company (CONAB) revised its 2024/25 coffee crop estimate down to 54.2 million bags, a 1.6% decrease from the previous cycle. This decline is largely attributed to droughts and high temperatures that negatively impacted crop productivity, particularly for Robusta production. These production challenges have directly contributed to increased coffee prices globally.

Volcafe Brazil, Genuine Origin’s sister company and one of the country’s top five coffee merchants, exports over 1 million bags of coffee annually while managing complex logistics across Brazil’s vast coffee regions. Committed to responsible sourcing and sustainability, the company provides technical support to nearly 600 farms, prioritizes high-quality production, and rigorously cups every batch—sometimes up to 500 cups a day—to ensure excellence before export. Read more in our Brazilian Coffee Origin Report.