However, it had been observed that many interfering matrices were
extracted with chloroform than dichloromethane, due to
this dichloromethane was selected for the extraction. Literature
report also indicated that even if both solvents were
useful for decaffeinating caffeine from coffee beans according
to Clarke, (1980), Rofti (1971) the current most widely
used solvent for decaffeinating in coffee beans was dichlo-romethane.