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Enjoy Gourmet Ground Coffee without the Caffeine
Love the taste of gourmet ground coffee but don’t want the buzz of caffeine? That’s where decaf coffee comes in. Decaffeinated coffee may be appropriate for people who love the taste of coffee but need to avoid caffeine such as those with kidney, anxiety or sleep disorders.
All decaffeinated coffee contains some element of caffeine, so if you’re particularly sensitive to caffeine, keep in mind that drinking 5 to 10 cups of decaf coffee could represent the same amount of caffeine as drinking one or two cups of regular coffee. Decaffeinated coffee contains a similar amount of healthy antioxidants as regular coffee.
Coffee is most commonly decaffeinated by steaming unroasted green beans, which are then rinsed with a solvent that removes the caffeine while leaving the coffee flavors. This process is repeated 8 to 12 times to remove at least 97% of caffeine (a European Union standard requires that 99.9% of caffeine is removed).
Through the Swiss Water Process, unroasted green beans are rinsed in hot water until 99.9% of caffeine is removed. This process was established in Switzerland in the 1930s, and the world’s only roasted coffee decaffeination plant using this method is based in Vancouver, Canada.
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