Im a caffiene junkie! (Kenco Decaffeinated)

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Product:	Kenco Decaffeinated
Date:	04/12/01 (77 review reads)
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Advantages: smooth taste

Disadvantages: short use by date

My name is matt, and I've been addicted to caffeine for a long time, but I'm trying to quit. (At this point I should sit down to rounds of applause from the other members of caffeine junkies anonymous.)

Coffee normally has a lot of caffeine in it. Caffeine is addictive, it contributes to insomnia and high blood pressure, and has health implications for children and pregnant women. The trouble is that I love the taste, and I am an addict. I mostly gave up caffeine a couple of years ago, managing to become a social drinker only, having the odd cup at weekends or with meals out. I had always avoided decaff, on the grounds that its obviously going to be about as much use as alcohol free beer, sugar free chocolate or any of those other really dire things that are supposed to be good for us.

In the end it was sheer desperation that drove me to try it, on an occasion when there just wasn't anything else to drink. I found out that it does in fact taste just as good as the real thing. Going on taste alone, I don't think I could tell the difference between the caffenated and decaff versions of Kenco, which is convincing in itself. Now, the big thing with coffe after the taste, is that buzz you get, that lift. Oddly enough, if you have been a coffee drinker, your body responds in much the same way to decaf - the affects seem to be at least partly psychological. Repeated use, so that the body learns that coffee taste cannot be associated with the imminent arrival of a stimulant, will decrease this effect, but to help you over those initial cravings, it works well.

Kenco decaff is much the same price as 'proper' coffee: It has the same rich taste, it disolves as well, to be honest, I can find few real differences other than the fact that the packaging is green instead of red. I'm not going to make a habit of buying this, but I find that when I'm out, it gives me a nice alternative to the caffeine. For people trying t
o cut their cffeine intake, it is well worth trying, as you get all the flavour and the psychological prop, without the actual stimulants. I must add that coffee also has tannin in, which probably isn't all that healthy either, but I figure that lief is too short to be worrying about this one as well.

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