Decaffeinated Coffee
Decaffeinated Coffee
Decaffeinated coffee - how "decaffeinated" does it have to be ?
In supposed non-alcoholic beer, there is a small amount of alcohol, and they are allowed to sell it as 'non-alcoholic' - what about coffee ?
How much caffeine can coffe have to be sold as 'de-caffeinated' ? If SOMETHING is done to remove the caffeine, and that alone, can they call it 'decaffeinated' ?
This information is borrowed directly from Wikipedia, these are not my words.:
In the case of coffee, the decaffeination processes are performed on unroasted (green) beans, but the methods vary somewhat. It generally starts with the steaming of the beans. They are then rinsed in solvent that contains as much of the chemical composition of coffee as possible without also containing the caffeine in a soluble form. The process is repeated anywhere from 8 to 12 times until it meets either the international standard of having removed 97% of the caffeine in the beans or the EU standard of having the beans 99.9% caffeine free by mass. Coffee contains over 400 chemicals important to the taste and aroma of the final drink; this effectively means that no physical process or chemical reaction will remove only caffeine while leaving the other chemicals at their original concentrations.
Coffea arabica normally contains about half the caffeine of Coffea robusta. A Coffea arabica bean containing little caffeine has been found recently in Ethiopia. This may change how low-caffeine coffee is produced in the future. Additionally, genetic engineering technology may be eventually applied to create a "naturally" caffeine-free coffee. But for now, one of several methods to remove the caffeine from caffeine-containing beans is employed.
Almost all brands of decaffeinated coffee still contain some caffeine. Drinking ten cups of decaffeinated coffee could deliver as much caffeine as one or two cups of regular coffee, according to research at the University of Florida Maples Center for Forensic Medicine. However, in June 2004, a naturally caffeine-free bean has been produced.
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