Current Events > They should make faux-caf coffee.

(+) Yeah! (+)

I drink decaf because I don't like the dependency, the jitters, etc. But I do indulge in a cup of regular from time to time because caffeine does have a distinct flavor that is definitely missing from decaf blends. It's a deep, rich, mildly bitter flavor (otherwise known as the flavor of coffee) and I love it.

So they should make faux-caf coffee thst tastes like regular but doesn't actually have caffeine in it.
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Coffé.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGcyKEZtWuE
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unless you're drinking 5+ cups a day regular coffee shouldn't mess with u at all man.


I just brewed a fresh pot right now... here ya go *hands cup*

I've never actually had decaf. Does it really taste that different? I was considering it because I like to drink a cup sometimes at night.

Some tongues might not notice but if you prepare them the same way, decaf definitely has a weaker flavor. Some decaf blends do a decent job of compensating but at best it tates like medium roast and I've never found a strong, dark roast flavor.

That is, if you pick a blend and its decaf variety off the shelf, the regular will have a noticeably stronger, bolder flavor.
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unless you're drinking 5+ cups a day regular coffee shouldn't mess with u at all man.

Maybe it shouldn't. But it definitely does. I get jitters a few hours later, become much more talkative, walk about 50% faster and get this odd sensation in my forehead that is hard to explain but it feels kinda like you just finished a menthol cough drop except in your forehead instead of your mouth/throat.
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DevsBro posted...

unless you're drinking 5+ cups a day regular coffee shouldn't mess with u at all man.

Maybe it shouldn't. But it definitely does. I get jitters a few hours later, become much more talkative, walk about 50% faster and get this odd sensation in my forehead that is hard to explain but it feels kinda like you just finished a menthol cough drop except in your forehead instead of your mouth/throat.

Anything is possible but this sounds like it's mental rather than an actual reaction. Caffeine's peak effects of alertness and such hit a person after about an hr, the fact you start to feel these "sides effects" hours later means it's probably in your head.

Not saying you should drink caffeine tho.

Could be.
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dolomedes posted...

The process is performed on unroasted (green) beans and starts with steaming of the beans. They are then rinsed with a solvent that extracts the caffeine while leaving other constituents largely unaffected. The process is repeated from 8 to 12 times until...

oh wow, no wonder it tastes a lot different. lol.

This is interesting:

Given numerous health scares connected to early efforts in decaffeination[12] using solvents such as benzene, trichloroethylene, and chloroform, the solvents of choice have become dichloromethane and ethyl acetate.[3] Dichloromethane is able to extract the caffeine selectively and has a low boiling point. Although it is mildly toxic and carcinogenic,[13] its use as a decaffeination agent is allowed by the US Food and Drug Administration if the residual solvent is less than 10 parts per million (ppm).[14] Actual coffee industry practice results in residues closer to one part per million.[3] Starting in the 1980s, ethyl acetate was introduced as a replacement to dichloromethane.[15] Although ethyl acetate is mildly toxic,[16] coffee that is decaffeinated with this solvent is sometimes marketed as "naturally decaffeinated" because this solvent may be obtained from a biological process such as the fermentation of sugar cane.[17]