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What is decaf-- what are the characteristics of solvent-treated coffee?

Published: 2024-11-10 Author: World Gafei
Last Updated: 2024/11/10, Professional coffee knowledge exchange more coffee bean information please pay attention to the coffee workshop (Wechat official account cafe_style) decaf coffee decaf coffee, as the name implies is only trace caffeine coffee. Coffee contains many ingredients and substances, among which caffeine has an obvious effect on the human body. For many people who are addicted to coffee, but their physical condition does not allow caffeine

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Decaffeinated Coffee

Decaf coffee, as its name implies, is coffee with only a small amount of caffeine. Coffee contains many ingredients and substances, among which caffeine has an obvious effect on the human body. For many people who are addicted to coffee but whose physical condition does not allow caffeine, decaf is the best choice.

In general, Arabica coffee beans contain 1.1%-1.7% caffeine, while robusta beans contain 2%-4.5% d caffeine. Decaf coffee is required to contain no more than 0.3% caffeine in brewed coffee. That means no more than 5 milligrams of caffeine in a cup of decaf.

The step of low-cause treatment can only be carried out in the state of sub-coffee and raw beans. Today, there are three main types of treatments to remove caffeine: traditional / European treatment (European Process), Swiss water treatment (SWP,Swiss Water Process), and carbon dioxide supercritical treatment (CO? Process). All three methods are very effective in removing most caffeine, leaving only 20.3% of the total amount of original caffeine in coffee beans.

European / solvent treatment (The European or Solvent Process): there are two variations in solvent treatment. The first is direct solvent treatment. First, the stomata of raw coffee beans are opened with steam, and the solvent is directly added to the coffee beans. After the solvent is fused with caffeine, it is brought out by steam. The other is indirect solvent treatment, which starts with dissolving all the flavors of raw coffee beans into hot water (this is a hypothetical state, not really dissolving all compound beans).

After a period of time, the raw coffee beans are separated from the hot water with "all" flavors, including caffeine, and then a solvent that attracts caffeine is added to the hot water, which combines with the solvent and rises to the surface. It can be easily removed, and then the non-caffeinated hot water is recombined with the coffee raw beans, and the coffee raw beans will absorb the remaining flavor factors.

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