A cream coffee pot and an orange cup on a wooden tray in warm light filtered through blinds.

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Chris Knight

There are a lot of decaffeinated brands on the market that are just as tasty as the real thing.

— Real Genius • 1985

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker claims that plenty of caffeine-free coffees on sale taste just as good as regular coffee. It is a breezy, confident assertion of equivalence, offered as a matter of opinion; whether the comparison holds is left to the taste of the person drinking.

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