But when in the early 1960s the German chemist Kurt Zosel hit on a novel way of
removing caffeine from coffee beans, he could not have foreseen how the same technique would become the basis of a method for destroying toxic waste, the inspiration for ways of making industrially important chemicals without con - ventional, toxic solvents, and a bone of contention for real ale aficionados.
Some inspired lateral thinking led him to the idea that an SCF might also dissolve and
remove caffeine from coffee.
For one, many manufacturers use a chemical process to
remove caffeine from the coffee beans.
Not exact matches
«I was looking for an alternative to
coffee to
remove caffeine from my diet, and ran across Teeccino.
I drink a cup of Bulletproof decaf 3 x a week — the
caffeine is extracted using a high quality Swiss water process which apparently is far superior to normal
caffeine extraction as it
removes only the
caffeine whilst retaining all the benefits of regular high end
coffee so one still benefits
from drinking it.
While we list
coffee on the «ASPCA's People Foods to Avoid Feeding Your Pet,» citing its toxicity, it's safe to use grounds
from decaffeinated
coffee or caffeinated grounds that have been brewed through a filter, resulting in most of the harmful
caffeine being
removed.
The CO2 process naturally and gently
removes the
caffeine from our 100 % Kona
coffee beans.