It's hard to get first rate coffees decaffeinated. Decaffeinated coffee beans are obtained from normal coffee beans and account for about 10% of the world market, but are expensive to manufacture. Decaf coffee tastes different from normal coffee because solvents used to extract the caffeine also remove some of the compounds that give coffee its flavour. Decaffeinated coffee is at least 97 percent caffeine-free, with an average of 2-3 mg. of caffeine.
How does the caffeine in decaf compare with other foods and beverages?
Coffee, 8-ounce drip: 104-192 mg.
Tea, 8-ounce brewed: 20-90 mg.
Iced tea, 8 ounces: 9-50 mg.
Soft drinks, 8 ounces, 20-40 mg.
Cocoa Beverage, 8 ounces, 3-32 mg.
Milk chocolate, 1 ounce: 3-32 mg.
Dark Chocolate, 1 ounce; 5-35 mg.
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