Reading this month’s edition of the MIT Technology Review and came across a blurb on a new caffeine detector that is available from Silver Lake Research.  It was also covered in Gizmodo in a recent post.  Apparently 20 to 30 percent of decaffeinated coffee and tea are high in caffeine levels, according to research done.  That’s pretty comforting.  They are only $9.95 for a pack of 20. I guess that is a small price to pay from someone who really is trying to avoid caffeine, those who are pregnant, suffer from migraines, are allergic or those who simply don’t like bouncing off walls to name a few.  At that point, it seems easier to just make your own and be absolutely sure (and it’s cheaper).

I, for one, may want to pick up a package of this little device to the exact opposite reason:  to ensure with 100% certainty that what I am being served IS CAFFEINATED!

A couple of weeks ago while in quite a lengthy line at Starbucks and noticed the person behind the counter give DECAF coffee to a number of people who I believe ordered regular.  Here is my tweet when it happened.  Not one of them noticed (or cared) as they simply took their coffee and left to start their day.  Upon ordering regular, I too would have received decaf if I did not say that I did not want decaf.  Perhaps these little strips are a good way to ensure the coffee one receives has the caffeine one needs.

If you are interesting in buying a pack of the detectors, you can buy them here.

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