On: How do you decaffeinate coffee?

[darthrupert]

Coffee has way more active ingredients than just caffeine, so removing just that does not really negate majority of the effects. This would be similar to removing nicotine from cigarettes.

Better just go to tea instead of decaf if you're sensitive. Another alternative that allows you to keep using coffee would be to go to your grandparents' coffee cups. They're 2-10 times smaller than the current ones!

[currymj → darthrupert]

whatever other non-caffeine effects coffee might have, they are probably neutral or positive (unlike cigarettes).

[darthrupert → currymj]

No, it has several negative effects on the digestive system that have nothing to do with caffeine. Some positive too, though.

I'm not trying to imply that coffee and cigarettes are equivalent in terms of harm, of course. That would be silly.

[throwaway_pdp09 → darthrupert]

What are these active ingredients?

[darthrupert → throwaway_pdp09]

I would like to know this as well.