title_body: What is the industrial method for extracting caffeine to make decaf?
upvoted_answer: Caffeine is mostly extracted by utilizing very safe processes. Some of them, such as Swiss water, is not even really a chemical process.
  
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  Also, you may want to see this answer to watch an animation of common Swiss water process:
  
  
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