Re: [OM] Coffee or Tea - Bad Vibrations

[Chuck Norcutt]

That's what my doctor tried to tell me when he tried to convince me to 
reduce my 5 (10 oz) mugs of coffee/day.  I responded that what I drank 
was a mix of 2/3 decaffeinated with 1/3 regular and I wasn't getting 
that much caffeine.  He said the decaffeination process only removed 
about 2% of the caffeine.  He didn't know the following facts either and 
had the proportions roughly backwards.  From the following Wiki article:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decaffeinated_coffee>

"The [decaffeination] process is repeated anywhere from 8 to 12 times 
until it meets either the international standard of having removed 97% 
of the caffeine in the beans or the EU standard of having the beans 
99.9% caffeine free by mass."

A University of Florida study (ref 9 on the Wiki page) showed that decaf 
coffee purchased at US cafes actually contained 5-10% of normal caffeine 
levels.  I don't know that that has any bearing on the canned stuff I 
buy in the supermarket but even so it's still a 90-95% reduction.

Chuck Norcutt

John Hudson wrote:
> Yes ............. decaff coffee is only very minimally less caffinated than 
> the high test variety.
> 
> jh
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