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http://buyorganiccoffee.org/1176/organic-decaf-coffee/ Organic Decaf Coffee If you prefer decaffeinated coffee instead of regular coffee, can you get healthy organic coffee as decaf? Yes, you can. And it can be difficult to find organic decaf coffee. First of all here is a little info about decaffeinated coffee. Decaf Coffee To meet FDA labeling requirements 97% of the caffeine has to be removed. A six ounce cup of Robusta coffee commonly has as much as 200 milligrams of caffeine. A cup of shade grown organic coffee from Arabica beans usually has between 70 and 130 milligrams of caffeine. To be labeled as decaf these coffees need to be reduced to six and about three milligrams per six ounce cup. The moral is that if you want to avoid caffeine you should start by looking for decaf Arabica coffee. Unfortunately most commercial brands of decaf are made from Robusta beans. Remember that decaf does not mean caffeine free. Decaf Process There are chemical processes used to extract caffeine from green coffee beans and there are natural processes. If you want organic decaf coffee you want to go the natural route. The first process to extract caffeine from green coffee beans used benzene. When it was found that this chemical can cause cancer that process went away. The so-called direct process uses methyl chloride. This process tends to preserve flavor but this chemical has also been associated with cancer. The two natural processes that can result in organic decaf coffee use CO2 gas or the so-called Swiss water process which, in fact, just uses water. Other water processes use methyl chloride. The Swiss water process involves repeatedly soaking in hot water and running the water through a carbon filter to retain solids and chemical that hold the flavor of coffee. Decaf and Health Benefits of Coffee The majority of health benefits of organic coffee come from the organic coffee antioxidants. To the extent these are depleted or compromised in the process of making organic decaf coffee it is a problem. Other effects such as the morning wake up effect of coffee and the lower risk of depression and suicide come from caffeine and are lost when one reduces the caffeine in coffee by 97%. Change How You Make Your Coffee If you like your organic coffee and simply want to reduce the amount of caffeine that you are getting there are two basic approaches. If you brew coffee at a lower brewing temperature you will extract less caffeine from the coffee grounds. An alternative route is to make espresso. Espresso is made under pressure and at high temperature but the process goes faster and typically extracts less caffeine. If like your coffee less concentrated than espresso consider making Americano. This is what European coffee shops made for US soldiers in the days after World War II when GIs wanted coffee like mom made back in Omaha. The coffee shops simply made espresso and added an equal quantity of water.

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Page 1: Organic Decaf Coffee

By: www.BuyOrganicCof fee .org

Organic Decaf Coffee

Page 2: Organic Decaf Coffee

By: http://buyorganiccoffee.org/1176/organic-decaf-coffee/

If you prefer decaffeinated coffee instead of regular coffee, can you get healthy organic coffee as decaf?

Page 3: Organic Decaf Coffee

By: http://buyorganiccoffee.org/1176/organic-decaf-coffee/

Yes, you can. And it can be difficult to find organic decaf coffee. First of all here is a little info about decaffeinated coffee.

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By: http://buyorganiccoffee.org/1176/organic-decaf-coffee/

Decaf Coffee

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By: http://buyorganiccoffee.org/1176/organic-decaf-coffee/

To meet FDA labeling requirements 97% of the caffeine has to be removed.

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By: http://buyorganiccoffee.org/1176/organic-decaf-coffee/

A six ounce cup of Robusta coffee commonly has as much as 200 milligrams of caffeine.

Page 7: Organic Decaf Coffee

By: http://buyorganiccoffee.org/1176/organic-decaf-coffee/

A cup of shade grown organic coffee from Arabica beans usually has between 70 and 130 milligrams of caffeine.

Page 8: Organic Decaf Coffee

By: http://buyorganiccoffee.org/1176/organic-decaf-coffee/

To be labeled as decaf these coffees need to be reduced to six and about three milligrams per six ounce cup.

Page 9: Organic Decaf Coffee

By: http://buyorganiccoffee.org/1176/organic-decaf-coffee/

The moral is that if you want to avoid caffeine you should start by looking for decaf Arabica coffee.

Page 10: Organic Decaf Coffee

By: http://buyorganiccoffee.org/1176/organic-decaf-coffee/

Unfortunately most commercial brands of decaf are made from Robusta beans. Remember that decaf does not mean caffeine free.

Page 11: Organic Decaf Coffee

By: http://buyorganiccoffee.org/1176/organic-decaf-coffee/

Decaf Process

Page 12: Organic Decaf Coffee

By: http://buyorganiccoffee.org/1176/organic-decaf-coffee/

There are chemical processes used to extract caffeine from green coffee beans and there are natural processes.

Page 13: Organic Decaf Coffee

By: http://buyorganiccoffee.org/1176/organic-decaf-coffee/

If you want organic decaf coffee you want to go the natural route. The first process to extract caffeine from green coffee beans used benzene.

Page 14: Organic Decaf Coffee

By: http://buyorganiccoffee.org/1176/organic-decaf-coffee/

When it was found that this chemical can cause cancer that process went away.

Page 15: Organic Decaf Coffee

By: http://buyorganiccoffee.org/1176/organic-decaf-coffee/

The so-called direct process uses methyl chloride. This process tends to preserve flavor but this chemical has also been associated with cancer.

Page 16: Organic Decaf Coffee

By: http://buyorganiccoffee.org/1176/organic-decaf-coffee/

The two natural processes that can result in organic decaf coffee use CO2 gas or the so-called Swiss water process which, in fact, just uses water.

Page 17: Organic Decaf Coffee

By: http://buyorganiccoffee.org/1176/organic-decaf-coffee/

Other water processes use methyl chloride. The Swiss water process involves repeatedly soaking in hot water and running the water through a carbon filter to retain solids and chemical that hold the flavor of coffee.

Page 18: Organic Decaf Coffee

By: http://buyorganiccoffee.org/1176/organic-decaf-coffee/

Decaf and Health Benefits of Coffee

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By: http://buyorganiccoffee.org/1176/organic-decaf-coffee/

The majority of health benefits of organic coffee come from the organic coffee antioxidants.

Page 20: Organic Decaf Coffee

By: http://buyorganiccoffee.org/1176/organic-decaf-coffee/

To the extent these are depleted or compromised in the process of making organic decaf coffee it is a problem.

Page 21: Organic Decaf Coffee

By: http://buyorganiccoffee.org/1176/organic-decaf-coffee/

Other effects such as the morning wake up effect of coffee and the lower risk of depression and suicide come from caffeine and are lost when one reduces the caffeine in coffee by 97%.

Page 22: Organic Decaf Coffee

By: http://buyorganiccoffee.org/1176/organic-decaf-coffee/

Change How You Make Your Coffee

Page 23: Organic Decaf Coffee

By: http://buyorganiccoffee.org/1176/organic-decaf-coffee/

If you like your organic coffee and simply want to reduce the amount of caffeine that you are getting there are two basic approaches.

Page 24: Organic Decaf Coffee

By: http://buyorganiccoffee.org/1176/organic-decaf-coffee/

If you brew coffee at a lower brewing temperature you will extract less caffeine from the coffee grounds.

Page 25: Organic Decaf Coffee

By: http://buyorganiccoffee.org/1176/organic-decaf-coffee/

An alternative route is to make espresso. Espresso is made under pressure and at high temperature but the process goes faster and typically extracts less caffeine.

Page 26: Organic Decaf Coffee

By: http://buyorganiccoffee.org/1176/organic-decaf-coffee/

If like your coffee less concentrated than espresso consider making Americano.

Page 27: Organic Decaf Coffee

By: http://buyorganiccoffee.org/1176/organic-decaf-coffee/

This is what European coffee shops made for US soldiers in the days after World War II when GIs wanted coffee like mom made back in Omaha.

Page 28: Organic Decaf Coffee

By: http://buyorganiccoffee.org/1176/organic-decaf-coffee/

The coffee shops simply made espresso and added an equal quantity of water.

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By: http://buyorganiccoffee.org/1176/organic-decaf-coffee/

This may be more to your taste than espresso it further cuts the amount of caffeine in half and foregoes the various means of making organic decaf coffee.