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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."

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  1. Why do people drink this crap? by CyricZ · · Score: 1, Troll

    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.

    Indeed, many of the best programmers I ever worked with were strictly against the use of caffeine and alcohol. Why is that? Because they needed to be at the top of their game, developing software that cannot fail. Hyperactivity or a clouded mind does not lead to good code, even if some claim it does.

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    1. Re:Why do people drink this crap? by CyricZ · · Score: 0, Troll

      WTF kind of programmers are you around? When I tell people that I avoid caffiene, they look at me like I'm crazy.

      I worked with real programmers. The kind who develop mission critical software where mistakes are not tolerated. Aeroplane flight control software systems, for instance.

      Such people cannot be impaired while coding, and thus avoid alcoholic and caffeinated beverages completely.

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