Caffeine tastes bitter. This is why decaf has to taste different. If you start with a naturally bitter coffee then you can make decaf taste more like what peopl

Caffeine tastes bitter. This is why decaf has to taste different. If you start with a naturally bitter coffee then you can make decaf taste more like what people expect coffee to be. This is my theory on why Starbucks decaf tastes as good as it does.