decaffeinate
Americanverb (used with object)
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This method, which requires expensive equipment for making and handling the CO₂, is extensively used to decaffeinate commercial-grade, or supermarket, coffees.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2024
The Swiss water method, initially used commercially in the early 1980s, uses hot water to decaffeinate coffee.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2024
I found a natural way to decaffeinate a tea: steep for 30 seconds, then toss out the liquid and brew the same tea bag in fresh hot water.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 16, 2023
Founded by Andy Liu, Decafino makes a teabag-like product that can 80 percent decaffeinate any 16-ounce cup of coffee in less than four minutes.
From Slate ● Jan. 11, 2023
Since the early 1900s, many methods have been used to decaffeinate coffee.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
After the abstinence phase, coffee was gradually reintroduced without participants knowing whether they were drinking caffeinated or decaffeinated coffee.
From Science Daily ● May 3, 2026
Researchers analyzed how consumption of caffeinated coffee, tea, and decaffeinated coffee related to long-term brain health outcomes.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 18, 2026
Depending on how the beans are decaffeinated, some aromatic elements may be co-extracted with the caffeine during the process.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2023
But in the 20th century, TCE was used for many purposes, including making decaffeinated coffee, dry cleaning, carpet cleaning, and as an inhaled surgical anesthetic for children and women in labor.
From Science Magazine ● May 15, 2023
In the endeavor to develop a commercial decaffeinated coffee the first method of procedure was to extract the caffein from roasted coffee.
From All About Coffee by Ukers, William H. (William Harrison)
Producers decaffeinating their coffee want to remove the caffeine while retaining all – or at least most – of the other chemical aroma and flavor compounds.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2024
Shortly thereafter, California Assemblymember Eloise Reyes proposed new legislation that would expressly prohibit a “person or entity from using methylene chloride in the process of decaffeinating coffee” starting in 2027.
From Salon ● Mar. 16, 2024
And of course, living in California, I couldn’t help but hear about a new West Coast startup company focused on decaffeinating coffee after it has been pulled or poured.
From Slate ● Jan. 11, 2023
This could be done through genetic engineering of the tobacco plant or chemical extraction after the fact — a similar process to decaffeinating coffee beans.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 31, 2017
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