Written on December 30, 2008 – 8:07 pm | by Maria Mihale |
There are many things that I hate in this life and coffee is undoubtedly one of them. Even if the coffee break is something like a ritual in my family, I have never quite understood the reason why people love coffee and why they enjoy a cup of this “delicious beverage”, as some call it, as much as they do. However, I agree with those who insist on the fact the coffee smells absolutely great. But no more than that, as it tastes awful.



Along the same line, I just cannot understand those guys who pretend they’re coffee drinkers, but they drink it decaf. It’s precisely like the non-alcoholic beer or the light version of a bottle of Pepsi. They both taste like hell and they are both far from the original.

Still, there are those people who love coffee, but they aren’t allowed to drink it, due to all sorts of problems, so they see themselves obliged to resort to this solution: the decaf. For all of those guys, here they are the D+caf test strips, coming from Silver Lake Research Corporation (Monrovia, California). Studies have shown that approximately 30% of the persons who order decaf coffees at all sorts of coffee shops or restaurants don’t get what they asked for, receiving instead beverages with high levels of caffeine or which are not decaf at all, and this is unacceptable, you must agree.



This unique test helps you determine the amount of caffeine from your cup of coffee or tea. The strips are made of paper covered with antibodies and turn up blue lines when there are more than 20 milligrams of caffeine per 6 oz serving. In addition, they are 98% accurate for detecting the concentration of caffeine and must be added in your beverage before adding milk, sugar, cream or other additives. It doesn’t matter whether the drink is hot or cold and the result is produced in approximately 30 seconds.

For $10 you get 20 D+caf strips that will help you avoid drinking the so-called decaf coffee that irresponsible people that don’t give a damn on your request make you consume, even if you’re probably not allowed to.

(Source: gizmodo.com)