Almost every morning, I walk with the dog to Starbucks and order a decaf Americano. Sometimes I get strange looks from the people around me since I'm ordering decaf. "What kind of idiot drinks decaf in the MORNING?" I'm sure they're thinking. I gave caffeine up about 3-4 years ago and I don't regret it. However, I still crave decaf coffee in the morning. I always thought it was psychological. Some kind of attachment to a warm, bitter, creamy (clearly I put creamer in my coffee) drink after I wake up. That is, until I found out that Starbucks decaf still has caffeine in it. Now all decaf has a little caffeine in it; usually around 5 milligrams. In a Consumer Reports study, the decaf coffee at about about half of the places they tested had 5 or less mg of caffeine. However, decaf at Starbucks, Seattle's Best and Dunkin' Dounuts all had over 20 mg of caffeine per cup! That's about 20% the caffeine in a normal cup of coffee.
No wonder I crave decaf in the morning. I'm hooked on the caffeine!
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