Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
DEALBATION
Etymology
Noun
dealbation (uncountable)
(chemistry, archaic) The process or act of becoming or being made white, most commonly by bleaching; whitening.
Source: Wiktionary
De`al*ba"tion, n. Etym: [L. dealbatio: cf. F. déalbation.]
Definition: Act of bleaching; a whitening. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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