Definitions
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- verb transitive To
remove thecaffeine from something (especially fromcoffee ).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb remove caffeine from (coffee)
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Examples
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The European method uses methelene chloride to absorb the caffeine from the beans, and the Swiss water process uses steam to decaffeinate.
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The European method uses methelene chloride to absorb the caffeine from the beans, and the Swiss water process uses steam to decaffeinate.
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The European method uses methelene chloride to absorb the caffeine from the beans, and the Swiss water process uses steam to decaffeinate.
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It's where the Seattleites go to decaffeinate, they say ...
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Do you know how to decaffeinate your tea at home something I didn't know way beack then?
Taking umbrage Michelle 2007
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The absolute worst way to decaffeinate tea is to steam the leaves and then soak them for a long time in methylene chloride.
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If drinking tea for religious reasons or rather, not drinking it for those reasons, you can decaffeinate your own tea to some extent, but there are not generally many high quality decaffeinated teas.
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To decaffeinate coffee, the most common practise is to make the green beans soft by steaming under pressure, and then to apply benzol or chloroform or alcohol to the softened coffee to dissolve and to extract the caffein.
All About Coffee 1909
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Until the 1970s TCE was used in the food and pharmaceutical industries, for example to decaffeinate coffee, as a skin disinfectant and even an anaesthetic.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Stephen Adams 2011
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But there are two major processes that decaffeinate coffee.
reesetee commented on the word decaffeinate
WeirdNet: Definition #2.
January 31, 2009
arcadia commented on the word decaffeinate
Sac-religious! I never understood the point.
January 31, 2009