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Nestle Patents Coffee Beer

Posted by samzenpus on from the like-fried-chicken-and-doughnuts dept.

Dotnaught writes "New Scientist reports that Nestec, a Nestle subsidiary, has applied for a patent on a fermented coffee beverage. In other words, coffee beer -- it foams like beer and packs the caffeine of coffee, with "fruity and/or floral notes due to the fermentation of the coffee aroma."

6 of 471 comments (clear)

  1. What every college town needs by iamjambon · · Score: 5, Funny

    More wide-awake drunks.

  2. Woohoo! by sexybomber · · Score: 5, Funny

    I, for one, welcome our new drunk AND hyper overlords!

  3. Re:Why do people drink this crap? by servognome · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why do people willingly put crap like this into their bodies? Caffeine isn't good for you. Neither is alcohol. Combine the two and you're not helping yourself.

    It's fun to play chemistry with your body. Showdowns between Starbucks and NyQuil, NoDoz and Sudafed, Red Bull and Sleeping pills. It's legal so it can't possibly hurt me, right? ;)

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  4. Re:Why do people drink this crap? by shmlco · · Score: 4, Funny
    "Caffeine causes undue anxiety. Those are not good things to suffer from when you're trying to write solid software..."

    I don't know. A little extra anxiety and paranoia might be a good thing for people writing antivirus software and firewalls....

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  5. Re:Why do people drink this crap? by zoloto · · Score: 4, Funny

    whoa, someone needs to lay off the caffeine

  6. Re:Buzz Beer by DrWhizBang · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm pretty sure that the sense of humour has not been patented, so you are perfectly free to develop one without repercussions.

    I guess to be fair to you, the moderators marked the parent as "Insightful" so I guess they didn't get it either.

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