Decaffeinated coffee

[Champagne]

What's the point?

[heathfield]

I'd have thought it was obvious. It's for people who'd like a coffee, but don't want to experience the stimulating effects of caffeine - like at bed-time.

[jeanette1976]

Also, it's supposed to be far worse for you than normal coffee as the chemicals added to destroy the 'caffinated' stuff is really bad for you... but hey, isn't everything nowadays?

[Champagne]

Surely it's the equivalent of drinking non-alcoholic beer?

[Figi]

What bugs me is that there are people who maintain they can't take the caffeine in coffee and yet they'll happily drink "normal" tea which also contains caffeine!

[Figi]

Decaff tastes nothing like proper coffee!

[Scarlett]

Well, often at work we might have a "coffee" opportunity. Someone offers to go get you a coffee. Or you are passing the canteen and need a hot drink. And coffee is better in the morning, and tea in the afternoon! As a lecturer, I speak all day, and a hot drink can really help. HOWEVER I have no desire to fill my system with caffeine and get some nasty fake high from chemicals. So I have decaff. I also buy decaff tea and gave up diet coke about 3 years ago. I don't miss caffeine one bit- I've never liked the thought of a drug speeding up my system. I'm happy on go slow- I value my blood pressure!

[kitten_uk2]

i agree roaldom, it tastes the same to me, i have to drink it because caffeine irratates my bladder, occasionally have normal coffee tho, if im at a friends.

[kaztuz]

Kitten, I have the exact same problem with the bladder irritation, and I find there is little taste difference in decaf tea or coffee. I think people just don't realise what other effects caffeine has on the body apart from stimulating the brain. Unfortunately not all of us have a choice as to whether to drink decaf or not, regardless of whether it is meant to be worse for you.

[chinois]

Yeah it's the same idea as non alcoholic beer. For people that drink things because they like them, not because they want to get ******, be more energetic or copy others