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Consuming high amounts of caffeine each day has been linked in new research to a greater likelihood of suffering occasional headaches. But, oddly enough, low caffeine consumption was associated with a greater likelihood of chronic headaches. (Credit: iStockphoto)

ScienceDaily (Aug. 14, 2009) — People who consume high amounts of caffeine each day are more likely to suffer occasional headaches than those with low caffeine consumption, a team of researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) reports in a study recently published in the Journal of Headache Pain.

But in findings that had “no obvious reason”, the researchers, led by Knut Hagen from NTNU’s Faculty of Medicine, also reported that low caffeine consumption was associated with a greater likelihood of chronic headaches, defined as headaches for 14 or more days each month.

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By ZLATI MEYER • FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER • July 28, 2009

A Genesee County tea company has issued a nationwide recall of four flavors of its chai tea, because of potential salmonella.

Fireside Coffee Co., which is based in Swartz Creek, is recalling vanilla, decaf vanilla, chocolate and spiced chai, because their ingredients include dry milk produced by Plainview Milk Products after June 2007, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today. Because of possible salmonella, the Plainview, Minn., manufacturer is recalling its instant non-fat dry milk.

Salmonella is a bacterium that affects the digestive tract and can prove fatal in children, the elderly and people with compromised immune systems, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

For more information and product lot numbers, visit www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm173851.htm.

Edited by Michelle Koueiter and Cathy Payne.

Source:  http://www.freep.com/article/20090728/NEWS06/90728078/1008/NEWS/Genesee-tea-company-recalls-chai-flavors

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It seems like it would make more sense to brew it in the afternoons – isn’t that when the most demand for decaf is?!
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If you want a cup of decaf at Starbuck’s, you might have to wait a few minutes.

*January 28, 2009

The coffee chain will stop brewing pots of decaf after noon.

The move is in an effort to waste less and save $400 million by September. A Starbucks spokeswoman says decaf will still be available on request. But it will take about 4 minutes to brew.

*Source: http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/consumer&id=6629932

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D+Caf Detects If You’re Drinking Real Coffee Instead of Decaf

*by matt buchanan, 3:15 PM on Tue Dec 30 2008, 5,623 views

I don’t understand drinking decaf coffee. It’s like non-alcoholic beer. Both are crappy, neutered versions of the original. But if you’ve absolutely got to drink decaf, D+caf will make sure it’s the real (fake) deal.

D+caf test strips are simply little strips of paper coated with antibodies that tell if you a beverage is properly decaffeinated, turning up blue lines if it’s got more than 20mg of caffeine per 6oz serving. Even modern decaffeination procedures can’t remove every single trace of caffeine, but between 20 and 30 percent of coffee and tea drinks “contain unacceptably high levels of caffeine” according to the strip’s maker, Silver Lakes Research.

The strips are 98 percent accurate for detecting caffeine, plus you have to use them before you add anything else to your coffee tea, like milk or sugar. And at $10 for a pack of 20, you’re paying 50 cents a strip, instantly propelling even cheap decaf coffee into Starbucks pricing territory. So I’m not sure these are worth the small bit of security that some smartass doesn’t occasionally slip you real coffee instead of decaf.

Besides, how the hell do you decaf people get through the day, anyway? [Discover Testing via MIT Technology Review via Medgadget, Photo: Joshua Scott/MIT TR]

*Source: http://gizmodo.com/5120739/d%252Bcaf-detects-if-youre-drinking-real-coffee-instead-of-decaf

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*By JULIET CHUNG The Wall Street Journal
Posted: 12/18/2008 11:02:28 AM EST

From Madagascar to Costa Rica, farmers, scientists and multinational companies have been racing to deliver an elusive product — a gourmet coffee bean that’s naturally low in caffeine.

Coffee companies have been spending millions of dollars identifying, breeding and, in some cases, genetically manipulating promising coffee varietals. They’ve rooted through seed banks, assembled teams of agronomists and tasted countless cups of coffee, all in pursuit of what some people call the industry’s holy grail, a bean that produces a great-tasting cup of “low-caf.”

Italian roaster Illycaffe introduced Idillyum, its low-caffeine bean, in Italy in early October and plans to offer limited quantities in the United States starting Monday. Companies in Brazil, Costa Rica and Japan are also in the race.

Decaf sales: Coffee companies have been looking for ways to perk up the $2 billion decaf business, which has remained flat in recent years. A bean that is naturally low in caffeine but produces complex, flavorful coffee “would be a huge innovation,” says Geoff Watts, green-coffee buyer for the Chicago-based specialty roaster Intelligentsia Coffee.

Decaf coffee has long been considered inferior to regular, something that coffee experts attribute to the decaffeination process. Typically, coffee beans are steamed open and then soaked in a chemical solution like ethyl acetate, which draws out the caffeine but also flushes away some of the fats and oils that give coffee its aroma and taste. Some decaffeinators use water processing to remove caffeine.

The new beans have more caffeine than most decaffeinated beans, but up to 50 percent less caffeine than regular Arabica beans, the type used to make specialty coffees. The low-caf beans are a glossy brown and, to the untrained eye, virtually indistinguishable from other coffee beans in both appearance and smell.

*Source: http://www.inyork.com/business/ci_11261955