Decaffeinated Coffee

Decaffeinated Coffee
Like most Americans, I appreciate a good cup of coffee in the morning. Actually, I appreciate a good cup of coffee at any time of the day and sometimes I find myself craving the taste in the evening after dinner as well. It depends on how your body reacts to caffeine that will determine whether you should drink it at night or if it will keep you up until all hours, staring at the clock and unable to fall asleep. I fall into the second group, because I am very sensitive to caffeine, and even a caffeinated soda can keep me up for hours past my bedtime if I drink it in the evening. This is why I always keep decaffeinated coffee in my house. If there is ever an after dinner coffee emergency, I can make myself a pot of coffee without worrying about being up all night.

Dunkin Donuts is my backup for when I am out of decaffeinated coffee and I really need a cup of coffee in the evening. Their decaffeinated coffee tastes exactly like their regular coffee, except that it is not loaded with caffeine and will do nothing to excite my nervous system. I’ve even ventured into decaf iced coffee when it is too hot to drink regular coffee and I want something good to drink at night.

Caffeine is a naturally occurring molecule in coffee beans and I’m not really sure about what the process for removing it entails. I imagine huge sieve-like contraptions set up with filters that will grab the caffeine so that it is removed from the liquid. I know that this is unlikely since you can buy the beans and grinds whole, so it must be a process that happens to the whole coffee bean and not just the liquid. But whatever the case, it is the perfect solution for someone like me who really enjoys the flavor of coffee but can’t always drink the fully caffeinated variety.

The taste of regular coffee and decaffeinated coffee is so similar that I sometimes worry when I go to a coffee shop and ask for a decaf, that they will give me regular by mistake. By having a supply of my own decaffeinated coffee at home, I can eliminate this potential for human error that will destroy my sleep at night. I also worry sometimes that when I need a regular coffee in the morning to wake up that the barista at Starbucks will mistakenly give me decaf, and then I’ve spent a whole four dollars on something that will wake me up about as effectively as a glass of water. Whatever the case, I love coffee.

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