Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
DOCIMASY
Etymology
Noun
docimasy (uncountable)
(dated) The art by which the nature and proportions of an ore are determined; assaying.
Synonym: docimastics
(dated) The examination of poisons.
Source: Wiktionary
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ANYMORE
(adverb) at the present or from now on; usually used with a negative; “Alice doesn’t live here anymore”; “the children promised not to quarrel any more”
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