Decaf Coffee

Why on earth would you want to drink DECAF?! :laugh:

coffee in moderation is fine! decaf and otherwise. :glasses:

Why on earth would you want to drink DECAF?! :laugh:

Anecdotal - Because I LOVE coffee. But if I drink caffeine after 11am-noon-ish, I have horrid restless leg at bedtime. So I drink decaf all afternoon/evening.

The reasons some decaf isn't good for you is the type of processing used to get the caffeine out. I forget which is which, as I read it a long time ago, and very rarely drink decaf. I love coffee. I think one is chemically processed, and one is steaqm processed.

I just read about a coffee that has reishi mushroom in it, for healing. I'll try to find out more about both, and get back to you. (I'm old, so I could use the energy!)

Decaf doesn't taste right. There is a half-caff by Folgers.

Folgers?? I think I'd rather drink a quality decaf than drink Folgers!

Decaf doesn't taste right. There is a half-caff by Folgers.

Folgers?? I think I'd rather drink a quality decaf than drink Folgers!

LMAO

Swiss water processing does not use benzene (or other organic solvents). It's basically decaffeination through a series of warm water baths. It works the principle of diffusion. Coffee beans are soaked in green coffee extract and the caffeine molecules travel from the point of high concentration (the beans that are being processed) to the point of low concentration (the green coffee extract)

Swiss water processed decaf coffee is probably the best decaf coffee to drink if you are worried about the chemicals at all. That said, the organic chemicals used other decaffeination processes should be well washed out of their final product. Someone *somewhere* would be able to smell/taste them!

Cheers!

taso42_DELETED wrote: »

Interesting that the chemical concern has come up twice in one day (there was another coffee thread this morning). I'm by no means a decaf fanboy, but I don't like to see misinformation. The chemicals used to decaffeinate coffee are not present in the final product. These chemicals are highly volatile and are completely evaporated during the roasting phase.

Here's a little more info from the fabulous sweetmarias.com: http://www.sweetmarias.com/health.eco.html

this is from ages ago, but what a great website. I don't know if the person that posted it is still around, but I sure would have thanked them for it, or given it a "like" at the least Helped me today in 2021

Decaf coffee is fine,not bad for you at all.

Caffeinated coffee is fine too if you have no issues with caffeine.

Usual disclaimer: in sensible moderation amounts.

snickerpants wrote: »

Swiss water processing does not use benzene (or other organic solvents). It's basically decaffeination through a series of warm water baths. It works the principle of diffusion. Coffee beans are soaked in green coffee extract and the caffeine molecules travel from the point of high concentration (the beans that are being processed) to the point of low concentration (the green coffee extract)

Swiss water processed decaf coffee is probably the best decaf coffee to drink if you are worried about the chemicals at all. That said, the organic chemicals used other decaffeination processes should be well washed out of their final product. Someone *somewhere* would be able to smell/taste them!

Cheers!

Is there any evidence that organic solvents/CO2 have any negative effects on someone drinking the decaffeinated coffee, though? I assume the solvents are washed off....and CO2 is obviously used in a lot of other consumable products.....so I'm not actually sure I've seen any data to suggest that the processes used to take the caffeine out leave any negative side-effects....other than someone saying "Oh, they use chemicals...scary". If you know of any info please include it, I'd love to read it.

Although I'll probably never drink decaf unless a doctor tells me I have to. I can tell the taste difference and it drives me crazy.