Finding great quality decaf coffee beans is well worth your effort. The problem with decaffeinated coffee beans, is that so few coffee bean retailers and wholesalers give enough thought to the quality, flavour and aroma of their decaf coffee beans. I spent months searching for the perfect decaf coffee bean and I have been rewarded time and time again by my customers and their positive feedback and reviews, proving that I have made the right choice. 

This decaf is a full flavour Colombian decaf coffee bean which has been processed by the all natural Mountain Water process to remove over 99% of the caffeine. Other decaf coffee beans are treated with chemicals to remove the caffeine content. If you were to compare the flavour of this decaf coffee bean with any other full flavoured coffee bean that we have available, it is almost impossible to tell them apart by taste - it really is that good. 

By KATIE MOISSE (@katiemoisse) July 2, 2012

Coffee lovers are less likely to develop the most common type of skin cancer, a new study found.

The study of almost 120,000 men and women found those who drank three or more cups of coffee per day had a 20% lower risk of basal cell carcinoma than those who said no to coffee.

"I think we're seeing more and more evidence for the beneficial effects of coffee consumption," said study author Jiali Han, associate professor of dermatology and epidemiology at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard School of Public Health, explaining that java has also been linked to a reduced risk of diabetes and Parkinson's disease. "I wouldn't recommend drinking coffee solely based on this work, but it does add one more thing to the list."

The study, published today in the journal Cancer Research, sheds new light on a skin cancer that affects millions of people each year, and with Australia having a higher incidence of skin cancer, its a great discovery.

"It's not a lethal disease, but the associated health care cost is substantial," said Han, describing how the slow-growing skin cancer can be cured if caught early. "Even a small decrease in the incidence will have a huge benefit for individuals and society."

Drinking decaffeinated coffee did not have the same benefit, pointing to caffeine as the protective agent. Indeed, caffeine from sources other than coffee like cola and chocolate was also linked to a decreased risk of basal cell carcinoma, according to the study.

"Caffeine may help the body kill off damaged skin cells," said Dr. Josh Zeichner, assistant professor of dermatology at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, explaining how exposure to ultraviolet light from the sun can damage skin cells' DNA. "If you get rid of these cells that are damaged, then they don't have the opportunity to grow and form cancers."

Zeichner described basal cell carcinoma as "pearly papules" on the skin, often resembling a wound that won't heal properly. Topical creams, surgery, and electrodesiccation curettage -- a procedure that scrapes off the top of the tumor and burns the base -- can cure the cancer. But Zeichner stressed, "the best treatment is prevention."

"Choose a broad-spectrum sunscreen, keep reapplying it, wear sun-protective clothing and avoid the sun during peak hours," Zeichner said. "Protection is the number one defense against skin cancer, followed by really early detection."

As for coffee's role in skin cancer prevention, Zeichner said the findings are intriguing.

"We're learning more and more about environmental exposures that can contribute to the development of skin cancers, or protection from them, and these include things in our diets. But this doesn't mean you should go out and start drinking three coffees or a two-liter bottle of cola a day," he said, adding that too much caffeine -- not to mention sugar -- can have harmful health effects. "We need to learn more."

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Decaffeination is the act of removing caffeine from coffee beans. (While caffeine-free soft drinks are occasionally referred to as "decaffeinated", some are better termed "uncaffeinated": prepared without adding caffeine during production.) Despite removal of caffeine, many decaffeinated drinks still have around 1-2% of the original caffeine remaining in them.

In the case of coffee, various methods can be used to produce a decaf coffee bean. The process is usually performed on unroasted (green) coffee beans, and starts with steaming of the beans. 

When a chemical process is used (Coffee Bean Shop does not use a chemical process), they are then rinsed with a solvent that extracts the caffeine while leaving the other essential chemicals in the coffee beans. The process is repeated anywhere from 8 to 12 times until it meets either the international standard of having removed 97% of the caffeine in the beans or the EU standard of having the beans 99.9% caffeine-free by mass. Coffee contains over 400 chemicals important to the taste and aroma of the final drink: It is, therefore, challenging to remove only caffeine while leaving the other chemicals at their original concentrations.