What brand of decaffeinated coffee beans is good? is there any decaffeinated coffee that tastes good?

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There are two pregnant sisters around, can not stand the temptation of my coffee every day, have asked me for coffee, I was told not to drink, refused. Do not give up, I went to check for a long time, came back to tell me, there is not decaf coffee (coffee with very low caffeine content), why not let me drink it?

How to explain this problem? in theory, decaf coffee is a good choice for relatives who have poor tolerance to coffee and drink it will affect their sleep. But the low cause is not without cause after all, and everyone's tolerance to coffee is not the same. Coincidentally, which pregnant sister is born with a low tolerance to coffee and has an uncomfortable phenomenon after drinking it, this is a big crime.

It is true that there are sisters who never avoid certain foods during pregnancy and eat coffee and crabs according to cold drinks. The babies born are still smart and healthy, but as I just said, everyone's physique is different. Therefore, to be on the safe side, pregnant and lactating relatives, forgive Miaolin for not selling coffee to you, because the responsibility is too heavy, and Miaoling is timid. In addition, when people are not feeling well, the first thing to suspect must be something they don't eat very often. Just like a friend of Miaolin who drank a couple of cups of coffee at Miaolin's house and had a stomachache in the evening, he asked me if it was because of drinking coffee, or if it wasn't for a good relationship, Miaolin probably blackened her heart at that time. Why don't you take a look at yourself, three ice creams, two peaches, a durian and a bunch of miscellaneous snacks in the afternoon!

So, sisters and sisters, let's have a nice cup of coffee when the baby can run.

But now that we're talking about decaf, let's make a brief introduction.

There must be friends who are as curious as the previous wonderful adventures. They are also coffee beans. Why is there a low cause?

As a natural substance, caffeine is widely found in our daily foods, such as coffee, tea, chocolate and even cold medicine. Generally speaking, the caffeine content of raw coffee beans is between 1-3%. The Arabica coffee beans mentioned in the previous article contain relatively little caffeine, about 1%, while the robusta beans used to make instant coffee contain more caffeine.

At present, there are two treatments for low-caffeine coffee beans on the market, EP and SWP.

● EP,EuropeanProcess, European approach:

Soak the raw coffee beans in water, use dichloromethane (methylenechloride, an organic solvent) solution to absorb the caffeine, then rinse the raw beans, dry them, and enter the baking process. Except for the caffeine process, it only absorbs caffeine and has no effect on other ingredients in coffee beans. It is generally believed that there is no preparation residue in the coffee beans treated by EP after roasting. However, people will probably still mind emotionally the involvement of chemical composition.

● is the most commonly used method for dealing with this cup of decaf coffee today, which is SWP.

The biggest advantage of SWP,SwissWaterProcess, the Swiss water treatment method, is that only hot water and steam are used except for the absence of any chemical agents in the process. The raw coffee beans are soaked in water, and all the soluble ingredients in the raw beans, including caffeine, are absorbed by the water, and the coffee beans that have been "sucked" are set aside, while the water that dissolves and turns into an "essence" goes through an activated carbon filter, which absorbs caffeine from the water. The decaffeinated water meets the raw coffee beans again, and the raw beans are bathed in water to reabsorb the lost essence. Then, the raw beans are dried and baked.

The biggest advantage of SWP is that there are no chemical solvents involved in the whole process, but the disadvantage is that while the water absorbs caffeine, it also dissolves other ingredients of coffee beans, including some natural coffee oils, some of which cannot be reabsorbed by raw beans. The raw beans treated with SWP will lose part of their flavor.

Let's try this cup of decaf today. In other words, this is the first time the editor has tried decaf beans.

Cup 21: decaf

Let's start with a comparison of raw beans between decaf and regular coffee.

Roasted coffee beans look no different from normal coffee beans, smelling like roasted sweet potatoes or roasted chestnuts.

Omit the brewing process and go straight to the taste.

The palate is balanced and clean, with no uncomfortable taste. The sour taste is very light, almost no bitter taste, a little sweet, similar to the taste of toast. Objectively speaking, it is not bad, but compared with other boutique coffee, it is a little less rich in taste.

Friends who like coffee, are not too demanding on taste, and are worried about not sleeping well at night, might as well give it a try.

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