Coffee in Crisis
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Coffee in Crisis
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#2This page made my laptop scream. It never stopped trying to load something. I run ABP, perhaps that's the "fault?"
I also tried to find a sensible place to point that out to the BBC, but nothing was obviously (to me) the right place.
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#3Isn't there a way to produce synthetic caffeine?
I mean, there's been a shift recently for nicotine and the market for e-cigs, I'm sure we can somehow find a way to do the same for caffeine.
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#4Isn't there a way to produce synthetic caffeine? I mean, there's been a shift recently for nicotine and the market for e-cigs, I'm sure we can somehow find a way to do the same for caffeine.
Nicotine patch? I want a caffeine patch!
Honestly though, I'd be less upset about coffee going away as a source of caffeine than it going away as a drink. It's so wonderfully delicious that synthetic caffeine just wouldn't really cut it for me.
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#5Isn't there a way to produce synthetic caffeine? I mean, there's been a shift recently for nicotine and the market for e-cigs, I'm sure we can somehow find a way to do the same for caffeine.
You know, some people drink coffee because they like the flavour, not because they need caffeine :P (As a matter of fact, I consider caffeine to be an undesirable side-effect of delicious coffee...)
Coffee isn't the only natural source of caffeine, and yes, it can also be made synthetically.
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#6Isn't there a way to produce synthetic caffeine? I mean, there's been a shift recently for nicotine and the market for e-cigs, I'm sure we can somehow find a way to do the same for caffeine.
Coffee is much more than caffeine [1]
[1] http://www.ift.org/~/media/Knowledge%20Center/Publications/B...
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#7This page made my laptop scream. It never stopped trying to load something. I run ABP, perhaps that's the "fault?" I also tried to find a sensible place to point that out to the BBC, but nothing was obviously (to me) the right place.
You could try using Ghostery (https://www.ghostery.com/en/.) For me the page loads slower than most, but not problematically so.
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#8At the same time, demand for coffee is growing rapidly, especially since more traditionally tea-drinking nations are making the switch to coffee.[1] Maybe if coffee prices increase significantly we'll see more milk-tea places opening up and Starbucks incorporating more of its Teavana products at its stores.
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#9This page made my laptop scream. It never stopped trying to load something. I run ABP, perhaps that's the "fault?" I also tried to find a sensible place to point that out to the BBC, but nothing was obviously (to me) the right place.
Forget trying to report technical faults to the BBC, every road leads to obfuscation, misdirection and frustration. They don't provide support for anything or anyone. This includes TV License payers. They even discontinued what little real time interaction they had with viewers when they abandoned the iPlayer forums a few years back.
Even if you do manage to report "something", it takes them weeks to respond, if at all.
I rarely consume BBC products and services these days, and after the Scottish Independence referendum I no longer trust them as a competent news source. They're a bit of a running joke to many folks in Scotland, especially news and affairs output from Pacific Quay (BBC Scotland) [0][1].
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#10Isn't there a way to produce synthetic caffeine? I mean, there's been a shift recently for nicotine and the market for e-cigs, I'm sure we can somehow find a way to do the same for caffeine.
You know, some people drink coffee because they like the flavour, not because they need caffeine :P (As a matter of fact, I consider caffeine to be an undesirable side-effect of delicious coffee...) Coffee isn't the only natural source of caffeine, and yes, it can also be made synthetically.
It's especially unfortunate because decaf coffee is usually gross.