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Illy's decaffeinated coffee is unaltered in taste and aroma due to a combination of a quality product and process.
The decaffeination process uses illy's best blend of 100 percent Arabica coffee, certified by Qualite France. The caffeine is then removed through the use of dichloromethanol, a solvent whose low boiling point dissolves the caffeine and is easily removed through evaporation, leaving almost no trace on the roasted beans. The process itself is certified by the Det Norske Veritas.
Once the caffeine has been removed, illy repeatedly tests the final product, ensuring extremely low levels of both dichloromethanol and caffeine – as well as ensuring a cup of coffee that even an expert couldn't tell was decaffeinated.
Every day, 5 million cups of illy coffee are enjoyed around the world. It's impressive, if you consider that illycaffè produces a single, exclusive blend of 100 percent Arabica.
Wherever you live in the world you can enjoy the consistency of all the aroma and quality of illy coffee in your cup. It's all due to pressurization, a special way of packaging that maintains the coffee's characteristics and preserves its full fragrance and freshness.
In Brazil, the first academic institute dedicated to coffee producers, called Universidade illy do cafè, was established in collaboration with the University of San Paolo.
The goal? To transfer illycaffè knowledge to growers, operators and technicians in the coffee production chain, in order to enrich and perfect their production management and commerce practices. Why Brazil? Because it is the world's largest producer of green coffee – an excellent basis on which to form the best blends.
Once the best lots have been singled out further tests are performed. illycaffè sorts all beans using electronic instruments which evaluate the color and automatically reject the defective beans. This is the only possible way to ensure a consistent quality of green coffee. It takes approximately fifty beans to make a cup of espresso, but it takes only one defective bean to spoil the flavor.
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