technologyreview.com - 12/30/2008
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Somewhere between 20 and 30 percent of supposedly decaffeinated coffee and tea is actually fairly high in caffeine, but a new test kit can help people tell the difference. A strip of paper soaks up fluid from a sample, and antibodies in the strip produce colored lines if the sample contains ...
discovertesting.com - 12/30/2008
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discovertesting.com —
Product Description: D+caf™ Test Strips enable you to
test the caffeine concentration of coffee and tea. 20...
single-use test strips 98% accurate for detecting “NON-DECAFFEINATED” beverages - above 20 mg caffeine per 6 oz. serving D+caf™ is a lateral ...
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Caffeine Test Strips
slipperybrick.com - 1/4/2009
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slipperybrick.com —
Most people drink coffee for the caffeine, whether
to help them wake up or stay alert, but...
some people drink it because they like the taste and don’t want to get the crazy jitters associated with the drink. For these people, who don’t want to be ...
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Decaf strips detect caffeine in your drink
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How to Detect the Decaf Scamsters
Medgadget —
... beverages - above 20 mg caffeine per 6 oz. serving
D+caf™ is a lateral flow immunoassay, similar to the technology used in home pregnancy tests
D+caf™ Test Strips can be used on hot or cold beverages
Produces a result in as little as 30 seconds
Test beverage before adding milk, cream, powdered creamers, syrups or other additives
Product page: Caffeine Test Strips ...
(hat tip: MIT Tech Review)
D+Caf Detects If You're Drinking Real Coffee Instead of Decaf [Coffee]
Gizmodo —
... caffeine, plus you have to use them before you add anything else to your coffee tea, like milk or sugar. And at $10 for a pack of 20, you're paying 50 cents a strip, instantly propelling even cheap decaf coffee into Starbucks pricing territory. So I'm not sure these are worth the small bit of security that some smartass doesn't occasionally slip you real coffee instead of decaf. Besides, how the hell do you decaf people get through the day, anyway? [Discover Testing via MIT Technology Review via Medgadget, Photo: Joshua Scott/MIT TR] ...
Afraid that decaf isn’t? Test it with these handy strips
CrunchGear —
... whole mythology around your product with this ridiculous copy! Good lord, sir! I’m going to go get a fully-caffeinated espresso right now just to wash the stink of this post off me.
The product photo is also a little misleading, since the instructions caution you to not allow the strips to come in contact with whatever you’re drinking. I guess the description should be more like “Decaf tester and coffee poison.”
[via MedGadget and MIT Tech Review]
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