How Decaf Is Made

Decaf coffee is a delight — perfect for an after-dinner treat, minus the jittery shakes. But we’ve never quite wrapped our heads around exactly how it’s made. After all, as this video from Craig Benzine of Mental Floss points out, the caffeine is actually in the coffee bean. So what goes into taking it out? It all starts with a little tiny green bean soaking in really, really hot water — the first step in making it easier to extract the caffeine from the bean. The beans are green because they’re unroasted, a state in which we’re not used to seeing them. More info here.

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