On Feb 8, 7:55*am, (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
> Nigel > wrote:
> >On Feb 3, 12:45=A0am, SN > wrote:
> >> i wonder if steeping tea in cold water could still remove caffeine
> >> without pulling much of the flavor out of a tea?
> >> Nigel?
>
> >Sorry no, it don't work. *Consider this - if Lipton et al could find a
> >cheap, fast (dare I say 30 second) method to decaffeinate their tea do
> >you think they would keep on using a solvent method that takes 4 to 6
> >hours and roughly doubles their cost of production? *No, neither do I.
>
> What solvent ARE they using?
> --scott
> --
> "C'est un Nagra. *C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

I think it's ethyl acetate.
Shen