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„There are two phases to this commercially successful process. In the first, start-up phase, green beans are soaked in hot water, which removes both flavor components and caffeine from the beans. This first, start-up batch of beans is then discarded, while the caffeine is stripped from the water by means of activated charcoal filters, leaving the flavor components behind in the water and producing what the Swiss-Water Process people call "flavor-charged water" - water crammed full of the goodies but without the caffeine. This special water becomes the medium for the decaffeination of subsequent batches of green beans.“
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„In the Swiss Water Process the green beans are soaked in hot water to remove the caffeine and compounds responsible for much of the flavor of the coffee. The first batch of beans is then discarded, while the caffeine is stripped from the solution by means of activated carbon filters. This leaves a solution saturated with flavor compounds, which is then used to soak a new batch of green coffee. The principle is that the solution is saturated with all components soluble in water other than caffeine, and therefore only the caffeine in the bean is allowed to escape whereas the rest of the compounds are in equilibrium. Unfortunately, the flavor of batches is intermixed since the chemically saturated solution is used repeatedly.“
http://www.coffeeresearch.org/science/ decaffeination.htm
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The Coffee Review - the world's leading coffee buying guide
„In the first, start-up phase, green beans are soaked in hot water, which removes both flavor components and caffeine from the beans. This first, start-up batch of beans is then discarded, while the caffeine is stripped from the water by means of activated charcoal filters, leaving the flavor components behind in the water and producing what the Swiss-Water Process people call "flavor-charged water" -- water crammed full of the goodies but without the caffeine. This special water becomes the medium for the decaffeination of subsequent batches of green beans.“
http://www.coffeereview.com/article.cfm?id=61
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CoffeeGeek - Members: Coffee Recipes, trying to find how to flavor coffee
„There are a couple of companies out there that sell flavoring for coffee beans....I don't think it will be to your advantage to buy from them because you have to buy a minimum of 7.5lbs of one flavor..(adds up to about a gallon of syrup..)Price ranges from $12.00 a pound and up... You could probably use vanilla extract but I don't know how it would taste... Most flavoring is 3% w/w (weight to weight) which is 1/2oz of flavoring to 1lb of coffee....“
http://www.coffeegeek.com/forums/members/recipes/ 6250
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„It’s so smart that it knows exactly how much water to use – to extract all of the flavor and none of the bitterness. All you need to do to get coffee bar flavored coffee at home is add the whole beans and water. Features include an adjustable auto shutoff, adjustable keep-warm thermostat, BrewPause™ feature and gold tone filter. Available in Black and White.“
http://www.cuisinart.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi/en/ item.cgi?item_id=dgb-300
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Grind Your Own Beans (INeedCoffee.com)
„Every time you buy fresh coffee beans and ask the checkout person at the coffee shop to grind your beans you are opening up the "flavor cells" and causing your beans to begin losing their flavor rapidly. The purpose of grinding the beans is to create a larger surface area that will release the flavor and oils to the surrounding hot water. If coffee is prematurely exposed to air, it "breathes", leaving less and less flavor for the brew, when the water finally hits the bean.“
http://www.ineedcoffee.com/01/01/grind/
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