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My Half Caff Recipe

Half caff. 

Ah, the middle ground of caffeine.  

I’m actually a fan of the half caff, and sure there are pre-made blends around. 

The problem with that is that you can’t use those beans for either a full decaf or regular cup.

So here’s my half-caff strategy.

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For my half caffs, which are generally my first cup in the morning, I keep a tin of decaf ground next to the machine. 

Then, the regular beans that I’m using at the moment are fresh in the hopper. 

This way I can make a full decaf if desired, or pull a regular espresso shot if needed to!

I generally make my half-caff as an americano – a shot of half-caff with water.

But I find that this has been a great way to just slow the caffeine intake in the morning – spreading it over a couple of cups, and a couple of hours – instead of just mainlining caffeine first thing in the morning.

I also find that this works pretty well if my second cup is a full-caff in a coffee shop later in the day.   I just haven’t had as much, and I can keep my head clear to work.

Just the other day, I sat down in a cafe to write and ended up having a couple cups of full-caff drip coffee.  I was worked!  I just forget sometimes that my half-caff habit has made a real cup hit me pretty hard.

My Current Half Caff

Right now I’m mixing our Chicama Swiss-Water decaf from Peru with either the Costa Rican coffee, Pavones, or Nicaraguan coffee, The Boom.

I just love these Central American medium roast coffees, and find that they work really well as half-caffs too.

Using the Breville Barista Express espresso machine as my go to makes this all work pretty easily.  I like being able to mix it up with either full decaf, or sometimes full caff. 

Plus I can make drinks for guests to suit their needs.  

This is one reason I like mixing my own half-caff instead of pre-mixing the beans in the hopper.

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