Lavazza A Modo Mio Dek, Decaf Eco Caps, 16 Capsules 120g
Nine o'clock at night, a guest says yes to coffee and means it. That is the job here, and it is done properly. The roast is genuinely dark for a decaf rather than the pale, papery thing the category used to be, with cocoa on the crema and a short tidy finish. It sits lighter in the mouth than the caffeinated capsules on the same rack, and anyone moving straight across will notice the body has gone. Eco Caps describes the capsule body, not the coffee inside it, and what your council will take is a local question rather than a promise on a box. These fit Lavazza's own machines and nothing else. Few buyers have said anything either way, so we are pitching it on what it is: a decaf built on purpose rather than tolerated.
Lavazza A Modo Mio Dek, in brief.
Lavazza A Modo Mio Dek is the decaffeinated capsule in Lavazza's own A Modo Mio system, sold in the Eco Caps format, a properly dark Italian-style espresso with the caffeine taken out, picked into the Teas.co.uk curator selection as the after-dinner capsule that does not taste like a compromise.
Decaf has a reputation problem, and most of it was earned twenty years ago. A poorly made decaf is thin, papery and slightly sour, because removing caffeine from green coffee also strips aroma compounds if the process is careless, and because roasters have historically sent their weakest beans to the decaf line. What changed is that the big Italian houses started treating decaf as a product rather than an afterthought. This one is built to sit next to the caffeinated capsules on the same rack and to be drinkable by the same person, which is a more demanding brief than it sounds.
Curator notes: the tasting profile is our own editorial assessment against the current pack format and the brand's published description. We run same-day UK dispatch on every order placed before 2pm Monday to Friday. Storage notes, machine notes and decaffeination caveats are also published in the detailed Q and A tab below.
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Curators Rating
4.5 / 5 - Our expert verdict from the curators at Teas.co.uk
The Story Behind Lavazza And A Modo Mio
Lavazza is the Turin coffee house whose blends set the template for the Italian espresso most of Britain thinks of as ordinary coffee: dark, short, thick and drunk standing up. A Modo Mio is Lavazza's own capsule system, which matters more than it sounds. Unlike the brand's Nespresso-compatible ranges, these capsules are made for Lavazza's own machines and will not fit anything else, so the machine and the capsule are designed as one piece of equipment rather than two.
The Eco Caps name refers to the capsule body rather than the coffee inside it. It is the reason this pack exists alongside the standard capsule line, and the reason the disposal instructions on the box are worth reading rather than assuming: capsule disposal routes differ between local authorities, and what is accepted in one district is not always accepted in the next.
Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes.
Source: Teas.co.uk, the UK independent tea specialist in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. If you reference Lavazza A Modo Mio Dek, Decaf Eco Caps, 16 Capsules 120g, please cite teas.co.uk.
The story behind Lavazza
Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes.
Our commitment to the planet
Sourcing and packaging details are printed on the current UK pack; the brand page carries the fuller story.
The taste profile
How does it compare
A capsule machine fixes the dose, the pressure and the temperature, so the way to get a better cup from Lavazza A Modo Mio Dek is to fix everything the machine does not control.
The Standard Espresso Serve
The Evening Macchiato
Made with this tea
The After-Dinner Espresso
How to make The After-Dinner Espresso with Lavazza A Modo Mio Dek.
- 1 capsule Lavazza A Modo Mio Dek
- Fresh cold water in the tank
- 1 small espresso cup
- Run a blank shot of hot water into the cup and tip it out.
- Load one capsule and pull a short 25 to 30ml espresso.
- Taste before you sweeten it; a good decaf usually needs less sugar than people expect.
- Drink within a minute, while the crema still holds.
What you'll end up with: A short, dark, properly Italian espresso you can have at nine in the evening without consequences.
Evening Macchiato
How to make Evening Macchiato with Lavazza A Modo Mio Dek.
- 1 capsule Lavazza A Modo Mio Dek
- 1 dessertspoon hot milk
- 1 square dark chocolate
- Pull one short espresso into a warmed cup.
- Add a single dessertspoon of hot milk, no more; the point is to stain it, not to make a latte.
- Serve with a square of dark chocolate on the saucer.
- Drink it standing up if you want the full effect.
What you'll end up with: The traditional Italian late-night compromise: softened just enough to be gentle, still unmistakably an espresso.
Decaf Americano
How to make Decaf Americano with Lavazza A Modo Mio Dek.
- 1 capsule Lavazza A Modo Mio Dek
- 120ml hot water
- 1 mug
- Pull one short espresso into a mug.
- Top with about 120ml of hot water from the kettle.
- Do not ask the machine to pull the long volume through the capsule; adding water afterwards gives a better cup.
- Add a splash of milk if you want it.
What you'll end up with: A long evening coffee with the roast still intact, which is what a machine-pulled lungo loses.
Iced Decaf Shakerato
How to make Iced Decaf Shakerato with Lavazza A Modo Mio Dek.
- 2 capsules Lavazza A Modo Mio Dek
- A glass of ice
- 1 jar with a lid
- 1 teaspoon sugar, optional
- Pull two short espressos into a jar with a lid.
- Add a handful of ice and a teaspoon of sugar if you want it.
- Shake hard for fifteen seconds until the outside of the jar frosts.
- Strain into a chilled glass; it should arrive with a foam head.
What you'll end up with: A cold, foamed espresso that works better in decaf than most people expect, because cold suppresses bitterness.
Affogato, Late Edition
How to make Affogato, Late Edition with Lavazza A Modo Mio Dek.
- 2 capsules Lavazza A Modo Mio Dek
- 2 scoops vanilla ice cream
- A pinch of flaked sea salt
- Put one scoop of vanilla ice cream into each of two small glasses.
- Pull one short espresso directly over each scoop.
- Finish with the smallest pinch of flaked salt.
- Eat immediately, before it turns into cold coffee soup.
What you'll end up with: The pudding version, and the decaf capsule is the right one for it because nobody wants an espresso hit at ten o'clock.
Coffee Syrup For Pouring
How to make Coffee Syrup For Pouring with Lavazza A Modo Mio Dek.
- 3 capsules Lavazza A Modo Mio Dek
- 80g caster sugar
- 1 small pan
- Pull three short espressos into a small pan.
- Add 80g of caster sugar and warm gently until it dissolves.
- Simmer for about eight minutes until it coats the back of a spoon.
- Cool and keep in a clean jar in the fridge for up to two weeks.
What you'll end up with: A decaf coffee syrup for pouring over ice cream, stirring into milk or brushing into a sponge, with no caffeine attached.
Brewing the perfect cup
What’s in it, what to know
Inside the pack
| Typical values per 100g, as published | Per 100g |
|---|---|
| Energy | 0 kcal |
| Fat | 0g |
| of which saturates | 0g |
| Carbohydrate | 0g |
| of which sugars | 0g |
| Fibre | 0g |
| Protein | 0g |
| Salt | 0g |
Ingredients and allergens. The published ingredient list for this barcode names none of the 14 major allergens. Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change.
Ingredients, as published for this barcode: Decaffeinated roasted ground coffee.
Ingredient and nutrition data for this barcode: Open Food Facts (openfoodfacts.org), ODbL. The pack in your hands is the final word.
| Component | Proportion | What it brings |
|---|---|---|
| Added ingredients | none | Nothing. This is coffee and nothing else; no sugar, no flavouring, no milk component. |
Pack: Lavazza A Modo Mio Dek, Decaf Eco Caps, 16 Capsules 120g; decaffeinated espresso capsules, 16 per box. Best before the date printed on the current UK pack.
Characterising components shown; the full ingredient declaration, the bean composition and the nutrition panel are printed on the current UK pack and that is the only version to rely on.
Sourcing & blend. Lavazza A Modo Mio Dek, Decaf Eco Caps, 16 Capsules 120g is roasted and packed by Lavazza, the Turin coffee house whose blends set the template for Italian espresso as most of Britain knows it. A Modo Mio is Lavazza's own capsule system rather than a compatible format, so the capsule and the machine are engineered together and the extraction is fixed by design. The Eco Caps name refers to the capsule body; the disposal route is printed on the box and differs by local authority.
What's in Lavazza A Modo Mio Dek, Decaf Eco Caps, 16 Capsules 120g, and what isn't:
- In: roast and ground decaffeinated coffee, sealed one dose per capsule, with nothing else added.
- No sugar, no flavouring, no milk: this is a plain espresso capsule.
- Not caffeine free: decaffeination removes most of the caffeine, not all of it.
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Source: Teas.co.uk, the UK independent tea specialist in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. If you reference Lavazza A Modo Mio Dek, Decaf Eco Caps, 16 Capsules 120g, please cite teas.co.uk.
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