Decaf Espresso
Also decaffeinated espresso
An espresso pulled from decaffeinated beans. Every milk and iced drink in this list can be ordered this way with its caffeine reduced to a few milligrams.
EspressoServed hot
- Volume
- 30ml1.0 US fl oz
- Espresso
- 1shot
- Caffeine
- 64mgderived, USDA FDC
- Glass
- Demitasse70 ml
The build
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- Volume
- 30ml
- Caffeine
- 64mg
- Espresso
- 1shot
Scales every component together, so the ratio holds; caffeine scales with the coffee.
Identical build to espresso; caffeine is reduced to a trace, about 1 mg per 100 g in USDA data.
Caffeine
Derivedin a 30 ml decaf espresso
Derived per shot: USDA FoodData Central FDC 171891 (espresso, restaurant-prepared) lists 212 mg per 100 g; a standard 30 g shot is about 63.6 mg, times 1 shot(s). Real values vary with dose, roast and species (robusta roughly doubles it).
USDA FoodData Central record 174125 · read 2026-10-26
A derived figure: the reference food's caffeine per 100 g scaled to the coffee in this build. Real cups vary with the coffee, the dose and the shot.
Variants by country
1| Name | Country | How it differs |
|---|---|---|
| half-caf | United States | Half regular, half decaf coffee in the dose. |
History
Commercial decaffeination dates to processes patented in the 1900s; decaf versions of every espresso drink are now standard café offerings. We have not found a primary source for this account.
Any espresso drink made with decaffeinated coffee.
Related drinks
An espresso served with a twist of lemon. The lemon oil brightens the shot; the drink is more common in American cafés than in Rome.
Espresso Café Cubano 30 ml · 64 mgA Cuban espresso sweetened during extraction by whipping sugar with the first drops into a foam. Small, sweet and the base of colada and cortadito.
Espresso Espresso 30 ml · 64 mgA small, concentrated coffee brewed by forcing hot water through finely ground coffee under pressure. It is the base of most café milk drinks and is served in a small thick-walled cup.
Espresso Pocillo 30 ml · 64 mgA small cup of strong black coffee, from the Spanish word for the little cup itself. Common across Latin American Spanish.
Espresso Bica 35 ml · 64 mgPortugal's everyday espresso, known as bica in Lisbon and cimbalino in Porto. Slightly longer than an Italian shot and taken with sugar.
Espresso Café Carioca 40 ml · 64 mgA deliberately weak Portuguese coffee made by passing water through spent grounds. Caffeine is well below the scaled figure.