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I've been drinking M&S decaff for over a year, cannot drink any other decaff - completely toxic Drink Lady Grey tea and herbal teas - Ginger & Lemon yum. Hope the Taylors decaff suits you - where do you buy it?Last edited by FROSTYFRECKLE; 28-01-2009, 05:57 PM.
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Originally posted by Two_Sheds View PostSo does Mr Sheds
He doesn't know that he's been drinking decaff, and only decaff, for over a year nowThere comes a point in your life when you realize who matters, who never did, who won't anymore and who always will. Don't worry about people from your past, there's a reason why they didn't make it in your future.
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I gave up caffiene just over two years ago because I was very stressed and read about caffiene stimulating the production of cortisol which is a stress hormone. anyway, I cut down by mixing caffeinated with decaf for a month or so in the same pot, then just having one mixed coffee in the morning followed by decaf the rest of the day, then just stopped buying caffeinated altogether. I have only had two caffeinated drinks since, once when my grieving aunt made me some and I didn't want to make a fuss and once when we were driving back from somewhere in the middle of the night and I was in danger of falling asleep. had no effect whatsoever. so...good luck with going decaf. I feel better about it now because i overcame something I thought I couldn't.
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I drink 2 or 3 mugs of coffee in the morning - don't see it as a major problem in my life so just buy regular Douwe Egberts red filter coffee. I do, however, now buy it from Wilkinsons at 99p for a 225g packet instead of £2.70(ish) for a 250g pack at Tesco
If we don't have any coffee in or we have run out of evap then I enjoy a mug of ceylon tea.
I drink plain water or sugar free irn bru or lemonade in the afternoons then a glass or two of wine in the evening - I am so decadentHappy Gardening,
Shirley
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I have occasionally gone without caffeine for weeks on end. Doesn't seem to make any difference to anything, so I stopped bothering. The best decaff instant I know is the Kenco one, but that is mainly because it is similar in flavour to their "Purely Columbian" and "sustainable development" lines, both of which I like. It wouldn't suit everyone. I do wonder HOW you can have decaff ground coffee. I can imagine being able to remove the cafeine as part of the 'turning into instant' process, but HOW can you take out the caffeine and leave the rest in the ground-up beans (epecially using water)?Flowers come in too many colours to see the world in black-and-white.
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Originally posted by Hilary B View PostHOW can you take out the caffeine
To decaffeinate by the Swiss Water method, a batch of green (unroasted) beans is soaked in hot water, releasing caffeine. When all the caffeine and coffee solids are released into the water, the beans are discarded.
The water then passes through a carbon filter that traps caffeine but lets the coffee solids pass through. The resulting solution, called "flavor-charged" water by the company, is then put in a similar filtration device, and new coffee beans are added.
Since the flavor-charged water cannot remove any of the coffee solids from the new beans, only the caffeine is released.
The process repeats, filtering out all the caffeine until the beans are 99.9% caffeine free. These beans are removed and dried, and thus retain most if not all of their flavour and smell.
It's a bit nicer than doing it with benzene and other chemicals
Decaffeination - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaAll gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.
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