The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #60528   Message #968815
Posted By: Peg
19-Jun-03 - 02:00 AM
Thread Name: BS: Better decaf through engineering
Subject: RE: BS: Better decaf through engineering
theobromine = "food of the gods."

I love coffee and gave it up for a few months recently but am drinking it again...I do think there is good decaf to be had, and sometimes "cut" my beans with some decaf ones, or with roasted chicory. I am currently drinking (not this moment but mornings) some organic shade-grown French roast which is very nice...Trader Joes sells it.

Shade-grown is coffee that allows small (non-corporate) growers to see more profit...

Some say that coffee "addicts" may also be addicted to the pesticide residue...

Caffeine is certainly not the only "active substance" in coffee...it's rather complex chemically, and its taste and aroma (also complex and related to its growing region etc.) are also a factor...