Definitions
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- noun The removal of
caffeine .
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Examples
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The decaf drinker doesn't expect to pay more per cup even though decaffeination is costly, so cheaper beans are used to keep the cost down:
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The decaf drinker doesn't expect to pay more per cup even though decaffeination is costly, so cheaper beans are used to keep the cost down:
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The bad news is that all decaffeination methods remove considerable flavor and aroma from the coffee, which means that in order for the decaf to taste great, the beans chosen for decaffeination need to be stellar.
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Custom decaffeination (called "toll decaffeination") is costly and can only be done by larger companies with sophisticated customer bases;
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The good news/bad news: the good news is that contrary to rumor all commercial decaffeination methods are safe (no harmful chemicals in the finished brewed product - and no need to pay a premium for Swiss Water® or other so-called "chemical free" methods).
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Custom decaffeination (called "toll decaffeination") is costly and can only be done by larger companies with sophisticated customer bases;
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The good news/bad news: the good news is that contrary to rumor all commercial decaffeination methods are safe (no harmful chemicals in the finished brewed product - and no need to pay a premium for Swiss Water® or other so-called "chemical free" methods).
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The bad news is that all decaffeination methods remove considerable flavor and aroma from the coffee, which means that in order for the decaf to taste great, the beans chosen for decaffeination need to be stellar.
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The charges: "saturation," "desperation," decaffeination and "ubiquity" (that last from Starbucks founder and chairman Howard Schulz himself a decade ago and in an infamous memo leaked earlier this year).
Polly LaBarre: Did You Make Your Customers Smarter Today? 2008
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Decaf coffee has long been considered inferior to regular, something that coffee experts attribute to the decaffeination process itself.
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