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Decaf beans (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 days ago by BurntWits@sh.itjust.works to c/coffee@lemmy.world

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How does this community feel about decaf? And are there any really good decaf options at your local roaster or roaster of choice? I’m personally a big fan of decaf for a dessert latte in the evening. Unfortunately I’m still trying to find a really good decaf bean, but this one is good for a really dark roast, which is my preference for espresso.

I like Hoffmann’s stance on decaf personally. His thought is the “death before decaf” folks aren’t really into coffee as much, because they’re admitting they’re just into it for the caffeine, and those who drink decaf are willing to drink often times bad coffee (since most places don’t treat decaf with the same respect as regular) just to have a cup of coffee since they love it so much.

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[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decaffeination#Swiss_Water

Because GCE is saturated with the other water-soluble components of green coffee, only the caffeine molecules migrate to the GCE; the other water-soluble coffee elements are retained in the green coffee. The newly caffeine-rich GCE solution is then passed through the activated carbon filters to remove the caffeine again, and the process is repeated.

IDK. I don't particularly care what other people do with their pasttimes or pleasures. I enjoy and alcohol free beer every now and then, and if someone needs to avoid caffeine and wants to drink coffee, go for it.