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

They wash the caffeine out with a solvent that won’t get rid of the coffee’s flavor. They’ve done this with pressurized carbon dioxide, methylene chloride, and water that’s already saturated with coffee flavor.