this post was submitted on 18 Jun 2023
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The Magical Fruit

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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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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[โ€“] testman@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] CatsGoMOW@beehaw.org 1 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.