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I've been drinking decaf for years. It's hard to get a good tasting decaf blend, but if you don't drink much caffeine decaf will wake you up, you can drink more cups a day (if that's your thing) and it's healthier.

Frankly, I'm surprised decaf is not more popular. It is possible to make decaf taste so good you'd never know it's decaf.

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> and it's healthier

I think there is no evidence whatsover that coffee is in any way bad for you. In fact, some studies point to slight benefits in lifelong coffee drinkers.

There seems to be quite a lot of anecdotal evidence of side effects in this discussion.

Well, there are people who have bad reactions to gluten, but most of us don't need to eliminate it from out diet.

Everyone has a bad reaction from overdoing anything, even water.

In that quote you picked he's referencing the amount of caffeine. With high level consumption the side effects are more pronounced. If you drop the "healthy/unhealthy" monikers when researching, there's a clearer picture of that since "healthy" is such a loaded term.

Studies suggest that protective effects largely depend on how quickly you metabolize https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dcbmdxdWljs

My friends actually are making a startup, Cupper [1], for ordering high quality decaf beans on the web, you should check it out :)

[1] https://www.gocupper.com/

Thank you!! This is perfect! :D

Personal request: Recommended coffee packs. I'm getting decision fatigue.

edit: I ordered $100 worth to try out. Tell your friends I said thanks. ^_^

My local roaster's decaf is seriously the best I've ever had, swiss water method and really good beans. I do a half/half with their caffeinated blends and I love it. In the afternoon, I'll do just the decaf and it's really smooth and flavourful.

https://www.onevillagecoffee.com/collections/coffee/products...

Before I commented I didn't even check to see if their coffee was on that site's list and it is!! I'm super excited about all the quality decafs they offer. Thank you!

The thing is that decaf is not completely decaf, it still has more caffeine than I would have thought at first.

That's why I like it.

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