Caffeine in coffee a genetic quirk unrelated to chocolate or tea

Thursday, September 4, 2014 - 14:30 in Biology & Nature

Scientists have woken up and smelled the coffee — and analyzed its DNA. They found that what we love about coffee — the caffeine — is a genetic quirk, not related to the caffeine in chocolate or tea.

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