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Are coffee beans already caffeinated…?

if so then how do they make decaffeinated… Please someone explain the entire caffein and decaffein thing to me… how does it work…

yes coffee beans are naturally caffeinated.

There are several methods for decaffeinating coffee:

1. Chemical Process -Methylene Chloride (Also called European Process or KVW): Coffee cuppers will usually pick decafs processed with methelyene chloride as the best in cup quality. Beans are soaked in near boiling water, extracting the flavor oils and caffeine from the coffee. The water is separated into a tank where it is treated with methylene chloride. It bonds to the caffeine and is then easily removed from the flavor oils. The beans are reintroduced, absorbing their long lost flavor.

2. Chemical Process- Ethyl Acetate (Also called Natual decaf): Ethyl Acetate is a naturally occuring organic compund found in some fruits. You may be interested to know that chemical processes are cheaper to the coffee consumer because caffeine is resold to cola manufacturers, diet pills, chocolate products, ice cream treats, etc. It’s very, very valuable stuff! Caffeine is recoverable in the Swiss Water Process too.

3. Swiss Water Process: This is an “indirect” decaffeination method, Beans are soaked in near boiling water, extracting the flavor oils and caffeine from the coffee. The water is separated into a tank where it is forced through charcoal filters and generally stirred around in hot water to remove the caffeine. More flavor oils (colloids) are damaged/removed. The beans are then reintorduced to the swill, absorbing their flavor.

4. Mountain Water Process: Same as above but using special water.

5. C02 process: Supercritical CO2acts as the solvent penerating the coffee and extracting the caffeine, so when the coffee returns to normal temperature and pressure, there is no residue once the CO2 floats away.

Organic Decaf Coffee Part 3

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