How do they remove the caffeine from decaffeinated coffee.

Question

Coffee beans have caffeine naturally in them. How is the caffeine removed from them to create decaffeinated coffee?

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Answer 1

ELI5 answer: Caffeine dissolves much easier than *most*, not all, other parts of coffee. So companies can use chemicals and/or water to dissolve the caffeine out before they roast the beans and it’s almost unchanged aside from the caffeine being gone. Voila, decaffeinated coffee.

Edit: Damn, some people on here know some incredibly smart 5 year olds.