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The Oromo people would customarily plant a coffee tree on the graves of powerful sorcerers. They believed that the first coffee bush sprang up from the tears that the god of heaven shed over the corpse of a dead sorcerer.

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Researchers one step closer to growing decaffeinated coffee beans (www.theguardian.com)

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I wonder how (not) far the coffee industry might have gone without caffeine to kick it off in the first place. Ah, the circle of ~~life~~ ~~coffee~ ~ caffeine

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wait what?
What would be the point of coffee beans that do not have caffeine in them?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

As one example, I enjoy the taste of coffee, but I have to avoid caffeine in general since it gives me bad heartburn. Stupid body.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Right now the process of decaffinating beans significantly impacts the flavor. If you could grow a "decaffeinated" bean, in theory it would taste better.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

oh wait, excuse my ignorance
I was under impression that this is somehow relevant to the classic coffee beverages
I completely forgot about the whole "decaf" thing, as I drink coffee only because of what caffeine does to me