I do n’t understand drink decaf coffee . It ’s like non - alcohol-dependent beer . Both are crappy , neutered versions of the original . But if you ’ve absolutely got to imbibe decaf , D+cafwill make indisputable it ’s the actual ( phoney ) deal .
D+caf test strip are just piddling landing strip of paper coated with antibodies that tell if you a beverage is properly decaffeinated , turn up blue lines if it ’s beat more than 20 mg of caffeine per 6 oz serving . Evenmodern decaffeination procedurescan’t remove every single shadow of caffein , but between 20 and 30 percent of coffee and tea leaf drink “ check unacceptably high stratum of caffeine ” agree to the landing strip ’s Creator , Silver Lakes Research .
The slip are 98 percent precise for detecting caffeine , plus you have to use them before you total anything else to your coffee tea , like Milk River or dinero . And at $ 10 for a pack of 20 , you ’re pay 50 penny a strip , instantly propelling even cheap decaf umber into Starbucks pricing territory . So I ’m not indisputable these are worth the pocket-size fleck of security that some smartass does n’t at times slip you real umber instead of decaf .
Besides , how the hell do you decaf people get through the day , anyway ? [ Discover TestingviaMIT Technology ReviewviaMedgadget , Photo : Joshua Scott / MIT TR ]
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