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Decaffeinated, Real Coffee

Posted by timothy on from the bacon-free-bacon dept.

reeb writes "ABC News Australia reports that Brazilian scientists have discovered a naturally occurring but rare coffee plant, native to Ethiopia, that is 'almost free of caffeine.' Decaf without the genetic engineering?"

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  1. it's not 'decaffeinated' by gl4ss · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ..it never had any caffeine to start with.

    it's cafeine free.. with the same taste apparently.

    why would you drink coffee just for the taste is beyond me though when you could be drinking it with caffeine ;)

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  2. There will be flavour loss by dnamaners · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Unfortunately there will be flavor loss in caffeine free or decaffeinated coffee. it is inevitable as one of the major flavor compounds is the caffeine itself. caffeine has a strong acid (sour) flavor and is quite distinctive as a coffee component. just bite on a caffeine pill some time and compare it to a cup of standard starbucks black roast. i personally prefer a slightly sour (perhaps acrid) coffee with a slight fruity nose. of course decaffeination will not affect the flavor of the average low grade truck stop/diner coffee as that is already very nasty.

  3. Re:Yippee! by b-baggins · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So. Genetic engineering by cross breeding for fifty years is good. Genetic engineering by gene insertion in the laboratory to produce the exact same result in 5 years is bad.

    I see, now.

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