Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
QUINIC
Etymology
Adjective
quinic (not comparable)
Of, pertaining to, or derived from quinine
Source: Wiktionary
Quin"ic, a. Etym: [See Quinine, and cf. Kinic.] (Chem.)
Definition: Pertaining to, derived from, or connected with, quinine and related compounds; specifically, designating a nonnitrogenous acid obtained from cinchona bark, coffee, beans, etc., as a white crystalline substance. [Written also chinic, kinic.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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