Scientists Work Towards Naturally Caffeine-Free Coffee

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?"

Caffeine-free coffee

[Z00L00K]

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

Blasphemy!

[HeavyDDuty]

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

Why?

[Anonymous Coward]

"Scientists Work Towards Naturally Caffeine-Free Coffee"

Why would anyone do such a thing?

This Is Just Wrong

[Kozar_The_Malignant]

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?

Re:Caffeine-free coffee

[Idbar]

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?

What's next?

[mordejai]

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

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

Oh, wait...

Re:Caffeine-free coffee

[Jeremiah Cornelius]

STOP THESE PEOPLE!

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

Those things are not a problem.

Re:Caffeine-free coffee

[Anonymous Coward]

Then stop taking aspartame or you'll also get type 2.

I think I've heard about this before...

[Yvan256]

The new strain invariably produces something that is almost, but not quite, entirely unlike coffee.

Re:Caffeine-free coffee

[neurophil12]

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?

Re:Caffeine-free coffee

[jimbolauski]

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?

You might have ADHD, caffeine has been shown to treat the effects of ADHD, many people with ADHD claim that drinking coffee before bead calms them down and they fall asleep much easier.

Re:Caffeine-free coffee

[Belial6]

I only drink coffee for the taste. Caffeine has very little effect on me, so drinking it for the drug would be a waste of time. The thing is, coffee is kind of like salt. I love the taste, but I don't want to drink coffee straight any more than I want to eat a bowl of salt straight. Some salt on my steak, and some coffee in my sugared cream.. Now that is tasty.

Re:Good lord!

[mvdwege]

In some countries beer is actually more than just carbonated piss.

Mart