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A naturally decaffeinated arabica coffee

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  • Maria B. Silvarolla

    (Centro de Análise e Pesquisa Tecnológica do Agronegócio do Café ‘Alcides Carvalho’, IAC–APTA)

  • Paulo Mazzafera

    (Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas)

  • Luiz C. Fazuoli

    (Centro de Análise e Pesquisa Tecnológica do Agronegócio do Café ‘Alcides Carvalho’, IAC–APTA)

Abstract

The adverse side effects of caffeine1 have increased the market for decaffeinated coffee to about 10% of coffee consumption worldwide ( http://www.ncausa.org ), despite the loss of key flavour compounds in the industrial decaffeinating process. We have discovered a naturally decaffeinated Coffea arabica plant from Ethiopia, a species normally recognized for the high quality of its beans. It should be possible to transfer this trait to commercial varieties of arabica coffee plants by intraspecific hybridization — a process likely to be simpler than an interspecific hybridization strategy, which could require more than 30 years of breeding to fix the decaffeinated trait and would probably result in an inferior cup of coffee.

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  • Maria B. Silvarolla & Paulo Mazzafera & Luiz C. Fazuoli, 2004. "A naturally decaffeinated arabica coffee," Nature, Nature, vol. 429(6994), pages 826-826, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:429:y:2004:i:6994:d:10.1038_429826a
    DOI: 10.1038/429826a
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    1. Reichhuber, Anke & Requate, Till, 2012. "Alternative use systems for the remaining Ethiopian cloud forest and the role of Arabica coffee — A cost-benefit analysis," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 75(C), pages 102-113.
    2. Hein, Lars & Gatzweiler, Franz, 2006. "The economic value of coffee (Coffea arabica) genetic resources," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 60(1), pages 176-185, November.
    3. Bikila Jabessa Bulitta & Lalisa A. Duguma, 2021. "The Unexplored Socio-Cultural Benefits of Coffee Plants: Implications for the Sustainable Management of Ethiopia’s Coffee Forests," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(7), pages 1-16, April.
    4. Yunus, M.M. & Nulamuga B., 2020. "Extraction and Characterization of Caffeine: A Biochemical Compound Contained In Some Locally Consumed Tea Leaves (Camellia Sinensis)," International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation, International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI), vol. 7(1), pages 136-140, January.
    5. Simone Scalabrin & Gabriele Magris & Mario Liva & Nicola Vitulo & Michele Vidotto & Davide Scaglione & Lorenzo Terra & Manuela Rosanna Ruosi & Luciano Navarini & Gloria Pellegrino & Jorge Carlos Berny, 2024. "A chromosome-scale assembly reveals chromosomal aberrations and exchanges generating genetic diversity in Coffea arabica germplasm," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-15, December.

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