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| 2004-08-12 |
| Brazil has created the world's first DNA map of the coffee plant to cut production costs and create beans that cater to the rich tastes of U.S. and European consumers, the country's government said on Tuesday. After over two years of work, the world's biggest coffee grower is using the DNA map to create the world's biggest genetic data base on the plant. It contains information on the 200,000 DNA sequences, and 35,000 genes that create different aromas and caffeine levels in the beloved tropical bean. Brazil, known for mass-market "junk" coffee, hopes to use the data to raise production of gourmet, organic and new caffeine-free beans within two years. It also plans to cut coffee prices in Brazil, the world's second-largest coffee consumer. "We are going to create a super coffee that everyone can benefit from eventually," Brazilian Agriculture Minister Roberto Rodrigues told reporters in Brasilia. In related news US researchers report Procrastinating monkeys were turned into workaholics. |
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| #8 Oh my G**. .com is a kindred soul! I got run out of my own business by Jimmah Cahtah's recession and took up programming cause it looked a) creative and b) MADE MONEY!!!!!! Been banging bits for 26 years for $ and nails for fun from framing to furniture. Nothing quite beats "re-modeling" a burnt out brownstone in summer on Beacon Hill. Don't get the heat like TX but 88 degrees with 98% humidity will still do you a number!! Estwing rules!!!!! |
| Posted by: AlanC 2004-08-12 8:29:42 PM |
| #7 Not bad today .com, at least here in NT. |
| Posted by: 2% 2004-08-12 4:54:40 PM |
| #6 Awright, AlanC, you just described a carpenter hitting the Roach Coach, I do believe, heh. If so, I swung a hammer for 3 yrs - cornice work. I got skinned on rainy days playing poker and sweated salt rings on the scaffolding during the Texas summers. I decided to be a programmer precisely (this is true) because I knew 'puters had to be air-conditioned. Can you tell how hot Texas is from that? Lol! |
| Posted by: .com 2004-08-12 4:48:35 PM |
| #5 Thanks .com. The funniest thing for me is that I can't stand the stuff. I've tried every kind of coffee in every kind of way (and when you're freezing your buns off banging nails in January in New England and the coffee truck comes around, you REALLY want to like the stuff). My wife loves it and has all sorts of different ways to make it, but me? I prefer tea. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2004-08-12 4:42:29 PM |
| #4 DEPRAVITY!!! How can anyone fool around with mother nature to make better Decaffinated coffee? How about some with triple the usual amount of caffeine, so I can get my morning fix without so many trips to the can? Where are these people's heads? |
| Posted by: dls 2004-08-12 4:01:04 PM |
| #3 AC - Lol! Reminds me of the saw: Life is hard. It's even harder when you're stupid. An article posted here on RB within the last few days pointed out that the EU won't be able to feed itself in a few years without GM crops. Coffee is one thing, and damned important to me, heh, but what will they do then? |
| Posted by: .com 2004-08-12 12:44 |
| #2 Um, wouldn't this require the dreaded GM technology? Won't the Euroweenies object to Frankendrinks? Now THERE would be a dilemma! |
| Posted by: AlanC 2004-08-12 12:41 |
| #1 Your coffee dollars at work. |
| Posted by: BH 2004-08-12 11:53 |