I just like the taste of coffee but for some reason I do not like the taste of decalf. So the “caffeine” must give coffee a certain taste.
Decaf uses some pretty vile solvents to extract the caffeine. Methylene chloride (aka paint stripper) comes to mind. Maybe you’re tasting the toxic residue in the decaf.[/quote]Oh, believe me, the only “decaf” I’ve ever tried was “Taster’s Choice” instant coffee back in the day. It was terrible. Instant coffee also probably had a lot of chemicals in it but I did drink it when I was in college cuz I didn’t have a coffeepot at home.
