Detect Decaf with D+Caf

Posted by John Brownlee, January 5, 2009 9:26 AM | permalink

These tiny strips can be dunked by the paranoid into a steaming cup of joe to determine whether it is truly decaf... or, I suppose, by the bulging-eyed caffeine addict to guarantee they haven't been accidentally slipped some Sanka by mistake.

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#1 posted by scaught , January 5, 2009 9:38 AM

Being a vegetarian, I've always wanted something like this for detecting meaty presence in my food/soup.

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#2 posted by claud9999 , January 5, 2009 10:16 AM

Too bad it looks like it's a yes/no device, not an analog device that can tell me how much caffeine is in my pick-me-up go-juice cup of joe.

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#3 posted by GNeuner , January 5, 2009 12:27 PM

actually... decaf has no bite, it always seems to me as if there is something very substantial missing from it.
or maybe i'm just addicted to the stuff

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#4 posted by cha0tic

, January 5, 2009 2:10 PM

Don't make me De-Caf, you wouldn't like me when I'm De-Caffeinated.

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#5 posted by Piedmont , January 5, 2009 6:10 PM

The big issue I see with these is that even decaf has some caffeine, sometimes quite a bit.
The smaller issue is that when I was a server and intentionally served the wrong coffee it was always serving decaf as regular, and nearly always when we were already closed or when the customer was being a complete jerk.