How To Check Decaf Side Effects, Flavours and Record Who Likes What

When we travelled to Utah in the USA, we were surprised to find that the Mormons are not allowed to drink coffee. Coffee, being a stimulant. A drug.

I started drinking decaf last thing at night. Then a doctor suggested I would sleep better, and not jump up in the night to go to the toilet, if  I stopped caffeinated drinks after lunch time.

More recently our son decided to drink only decaf coffee. He cut down to no more than five cups of caffeinated coffee, and gradually reduced the number of caffeinated coffees, until he ended up drinking only decaf. 

Caffeine is in lots of things. We now no more than years ago about what exactly goes into our food and drinks, and we have numerous sources of information.

I read somewhere, I believe it was on Quora, that decaf is made with different beans which have more fat. I did not see any evidence for this. If it is true, it might apply to some brands and not others.

The Nescafe site said they use the same beans, but treat them differently. 

Wikipedia describes different systems, such as the Swiss water system.

Decaf has been around for longer than you might think.

With so many coffees, and decafs, now available, how do you keep track of them? How do you remember what you liked and what the rest of your family liked? 

Recording Tastes of Groups Of Drinkers

When I had a group of workmen in my house and I made tea for them every day, I kept a list of who took sugar and how many lumps, and who took milk. I stuck the list on the back of the top cupboard door. This works if you have the same people on a regular basis. 

If you have a constantly changing group of people, such as in a restaurant, or a club, or workplace, you could make a list on a laptop, and save it for future reference. You could share it in google docs, or print it out and place it on a clipboard.

Recording Favourite Drinks of Singles and Pairs of Drinkers

Nespresso Capsules

Storage

If you have a selection of coffee bottles or cardboard packets, you can devise a system running left to right. This would also work for the short sighted or blind. If you drink the Italian way, with mild breakfast coffee and strong coffee after a big evening meal, then you would put the regular coffee on the left and the espresso at the right.

If you operate the way we drink in London, with a strong coffee to wake you up in the morning, but decaf at night, or after lunch, you place the stronger coffee on the left and the decaf on the right. 

You can mark his and hers in different colours with coloured pens, or stickers, or stars on post-it notes.

We keep capsules upright on a work surface, or flat in a drawer, with the name of the coffee written in pen on the inside of the lid of the box.

If it's just you, or a couple, such as a husband and wife, or parent and child or grandchild, you can instead mark the container or containers.

You can buy a metal rack for capsules. We soon found that, with a regular monthly order, we had more capsules than space on the small metal rack.

Useful Websites

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decaffeination