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Scientists Grow Decaffeinated Coffee Plants
An anonymous reader writes "According to a CBC News story, researchers have genetically modified coffee seedlings to produce up to 70 per cent less caffeine." The Japanese researchers quoted in the article say "..demand for decaffeinated coffee is growing worldwide. Caffeine can trigger palpitations, increase blood pressure and disrupt sleep in sensitive people", and so "..used a tool called RNA interference to genetically engineer the one-year-old plants." Seems like these boffins may be competing against the University Of Hawaii researchers we mentioned last year to take away your buzz.
"natural" decaf coffee - or I should say, decaf coffee that has not gone through the decaf cycle (which to many, ruins the taste).
De-caffeinated coffee ruins the point of drinking coffee, anyone who wants de-caff (or no alcohol beer, or nicotine free cigarettes) should just go and drink orange juice and leave those of us with a serious addiction to it.
I'm more worried about it cross-polinating with real caffeine plants and diluting my Coding Coffee
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