Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
TANTALISM
Etymology
Noun
tantalism (countable and uncountable, plural tantalisms)
A punishment like that of the mythological Tantalus; a teasing or tormenting by the hope or near approach of good which is not attainable.
Source: Wiktionary
Tan"ta*lism, n. Etym: [See Tantalize.]
Definition: A punishment like that of Tantalus; a teasing or tormenting by the hope or near approach of good which is not attainable; tantalization. Addison. Is not such a provision like tantalism to this people Josiah Quincy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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