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Answer by AK Andy
Submitted on 1/9/2005
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Caffeinated coffee grows that way. Decaffeinated coffees are produced by removing the caffeine from the green (unroasted) coffee beans using a Swiss Water Process, a chemical process or carbon dioxide (CO2) method. The Swiss Water Process involves soaking the beans using water that is already laden with the flavor components of coffee. Because of this, the flavor stays in the bean while the caffeine is drawn out. Charcoal filters remove the caffeine from the circulating water during the process. The chemical process (AKA "traditional" or "natural") utilizes a chemical, either methylene chloride (traditional) or ethyl acetate (natural), to draw the caffeine from the bean. There are both direct and indirect methods of doing this. Compressed carbon dioxide is used in the CO2 method. Beans are bathed in it and then a charcoal filter is used to remove the caffeine. Somewhat similar to the Swiss Water Process.

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Question by Sharon
Submitted on 5/18/2004
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How is decaffinated coffee made, compared to caffinated coffee ?

Answer by Kib
Submitted on 6/9/2004
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Extracting the caffeine by supercritical carbon dioxide

Answer by TzeMing
Submitted on 6/24/2004
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most of the caffeine is removed using a fossil oil based solvent.

Answer by FuzzFaraway
Submitted on 12/12/2004
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About 80% of decaffeinated coffee is produced via soaking the beans in a caffeine absorbing solvent, such as methylene chloride or ethyl acetate. The solvent is removed and the soaking process is repeated until suficient caffeine has been removed. According to the NewScientist.com news service caffeine-free plants are being developed to obviate the need of caffeine removal by chemical methods. This is likely to be five to fifteen years before it will be available in the shops. Natural caffeine-free beans should help the developing world compete with the wealthy nations who use chemical methods to produce decaffeinated coffee.

Answer by faggot_and_pea
Submitted on 5/26/2005
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Take the caffiene out

Answer by poo
Submitted on 6/14/2005
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i poo on it

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Answer by duk
Submitted on 4/8/2006
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how many band of decoffined do we have

Answer by amanda
Submitted on 5/8/2006
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what is coffee made of plese

Answer by Sam
Submitted on 11/30/2006
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Its made my umpa lumpas. They suck the beans until all the caffeine has gone. x

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