Coffee Recipes Food Cooking International Guide
Real Decaffeinated Coffee
By John Cranby
There is a great deal of money generated in the beverage industry
and naturally, this includes coffee. And, just like bottled water,
sodas and teas there is one ingredient that seems to be the major
component and that would be caffeine; or no caffeine.
Advertising companies compete to be the company to advertise
the manufacturers’ products and you may notice that several different
terms are used by them to describe non-caffeinated beverages,
such as naturally decaffeinated, caffeine free and decaffeinated.
Normally, a beverage is considered caffeine free only if it never
contained caffeine from the start. Of course, this would rule
out the tea leaves and coffee beans since they both have caffeine
content in their unprocessed, natural form.
Removing Caffeine From Coffee And Tea
Obviously, if you really cannot do without your daily cups of
coffee or tea, yet you do not want any caffeine in either, then
you need to check out how much caffeine occurs naturally in the
various coffees and teas. Some have too much caffeine and others
have less. You should also check out how the caffeine is physically
removed from your favorite brand or blend.
Even in this day of modern technology there is no way that any
method can completely remove all caffeine content from a product.
In the United States there is no "law" about removing
caffeine but the standard indicates a beverage can be sold as
decaffeinated if 97% of it is removed. In Europe, they have a
higher standard that indicates it can be termed decaffeinated
if 99% of the caffeine is removed.
Steeping Times And Methods Of Brewing Affect Amount Of Caffeine
There are certain things that affect the content of caffeine
that are actually out of the manufacturers control and that includes
the steeping times and methods of brewing, which both drastically
impact the amount of caffeine that you end up drinking.
Try doing an internet search about how coffee is decaffeinated
and you may be surprised at the amount of different, confusing,
conflicting and perhaps even misleading results that come up.
This seems to be because there is a large amount of consumer money
at stake and the beverage producers will do whatever they can
to assure the consumer that there is or isn’t caffeine in their
beverages and that their drinks are completely healthy and safe.
Once you research the different methods that are available to
extract caffeine from the coffee beans, you are likely to spend
a little more time to consider which beverage is your best choice.
About the Author:
John Cranby is a popular author on cooking. His other articles
include Books
for Cooks, Cake
Decorating Supplies, Anniversary
Gift Baskets, Herbal
Teas, Peanuts,
Salt
Water Taffy, Pumpkin
Seeds, Casserole
Recipes, Candy
Molds, Candy
Making, Candy
Making Supplies, Make
Chocolate Truffles.
Keep a lookout for more of his articles on this site.
Did You Know?
There are countless ways to give your body a boost of energy.
You can do a quick workout that gets your heart and lungs pumping.
You can give yourself a shake to wake your body up. Or you can
try the quick fix of caffeine.
Caffeine has long been used as a source of energy. Even diet
pills contain ingredients that contain caffeine. The whole goal
is to get your body going but there is nothing that does it quite
like a hot cup of coffee.
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