Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
TRETS
Noun
trets
plural of tret
Source: Wiktionary
TRET
Tret, obs.
Definition: 3d pers. sing. pres. of Tread, for treadeth. Chaucer.
Tret, n. Etym: [F. traite a drawing, trading, journey, tax on wares in transit, anything diminishing the value of coins, fr. OF. traire to draw, L. trahere. See Trait.] (Com.)
Definition: An allowance to purchasers, for waste or refuse matter, of four pounds on every 104 pounds of suttle weight, or weight after the tare deducted. M'Culloch.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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