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the ritual of coffee with the only point quietly removed

means Coffee from which most of the caffeine has been extracted, offering the taste and warmth without the jolt.

from A clipping of "decaffeinated" — itself built from the prefix "de-" (Latin for removal or reversal) attached to "caffeine." That word came in the 19th century from the German "Kaffein," coined from "Kaffee" (coffee), the chemical first isolated from coffee beans in the early 1800s. The casual short form "decaf" is a 20th-century American shortening, born of menus and quick orders.

not zero
Still contains small amounts of caffeine
swiss water
Decaffeination can use only water, no chemicals
invented by accident
Born from a shipment soaked in seawater
99.9 percent
Legally caffeine must be nearly all removed
for instance

swiss water process — decaffeination method developed in canada, removes 99.9% of caffeine

dunkin donuts decaf — chain serving decaf coffee to 9,000+ us locations daily

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