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Scientists Work Towards Naturally Caffeine-Free Coffee

Posted by timothy on from the preemptive-buzzkill dept.

First time accepted submitter eternaldoctorwho writes "Research has been underway to produce a coffee bean plant that naturally has no or little caffeine content. Now, it looks like that might become a reality in the near future: Paulo Mazzafera of the University of Campinas in Brazil has come closer than ever with a strain containing 'only 2% of normal caffeine levels.' Coffee, anyone?"

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  1. Caffeine-free coffee by Z00L00K · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's like a car without wheels or a computer without a CPU.

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    If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker would destroy civilization.
    1. Re:Caffeine-free coffee by Idbar · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Agree. Like I care to get coffee for the taste. If I want something tasty, very likely it will be a smoothie or plain juice. I wonder if Starbucks has statistics about the consumption of decaf?

    2. Re:Caffeine-free coffee by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 4, Insightful

      STOP THESE PEOPLE!

      Decaffeinated, Sugar Free, Low Fat Guardians to the GAtes of Hell!

      Those things are not a problem.

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      "Flyin' in just a sweet place,
      Never been known to fail..."
    3. Re:Caffeine-free coffee by neurophil12 · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I would love such a drink. I'm extremely sensitive to caffeine, but I enjoy coffee quite a bit. In fact, the stuff is more likely to put me to sleep than keep me awake, so I tend to enjoy coffee after some dinners rather than early or during the day. Occasionally I have a cup of decaf during the day. If this coffee becomes available I'd drink it much more frequently than I drink coffee now.

      I've heard of others like myself, though I doubt we're a particularly large portion of the population, so we are probably not a major reason for this research. Still, why are you so against people having a less processed low-caffeine option? And how is railing against such a possibility with zero facts or specific arguments in any way insightful?

  2. Blasphemy! by HeavyDDuty · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If it has no caffeine it isn't coffee. Yes, this includes decaf.

  3. Why? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "Scientists Work Towards Naturally Caffeine-Free Coffee"

    Why would anyone do such a thing?

  4. This Is Just Wrong by Kozar_The_Malignant · · Score: 4, Insightful

    And we wonder why people see scientists as evil, soulless bastards out to destroy the very fabric of society? Doesn't this university have an ethics committee?

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    Some mornings it's hardly worth chewing through the restraints to get out of bed.
  5. What's next? by mordejai · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I wonder what other abominations they'll come up with next...

    Non-alcoholic beer?
    Sugar-free candy?
    Fat-free milk?

    Oh, wait...