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This is saying this chemical is used to decaffeinate coffee. So what level of it is left in the resulting coffee beans?
by burlesona 4y ago
This is saying this chemical is used to decaffeinate coffee. So what level of it is left in the resulting coffee beans?
- nraynaud 4y agoZero, it’s highly volatile.
- scotty79 4y ago> This is saying this chemical is used to decaffeinate coffee. Until 50 years ago.
- selectodude 4y agoThey use supercritical CO2 now.
- jb1991 4y agoOnly some decaf coffee is made that way, there are actually four major methods now for making decaf, only two of them do not involve chemicals. Always research the methods of your decaf coffee vendor before you buy!
- davidthewatson 4y agoIt's a good question. It's easy to locate Swiss water decaf in the US now, but apparently that wasn't true in the mid-80's, so the answer depends on when and where the caffeine was extracted from the coffee. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/wellness/1986/02/26/decaf-extracting-the-kick/7c60aad9-2a75-4575-ae2b-c8b5d6dd2b85/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/wellness/19...
- inferiorhuman 4y agoDepends on how the coffee is decaffeinated. Swiss Water Process, for instance, literally just uses water. Most other methods involve organic solvents of some sort.
- Reason077 4y agoThat’s a historical use. TCE was banned from food and medical uses in the US, including decaf coffee, in 1977.