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It has caused coffee manufacturers sleepless nights: could there be a caffeine-free coffee which actually tastes like the real thing?
The search for a stimulant-free alternative has often proven less than fruitful, with versions of the drink which lack not just caffeine's kick, but flavour.
Now scientists claim to have found a possible solution in a type of pistachio nut.
They claim that carefully roasted, the fruit of the Pistacia terebinthus tree, which is much smaller than normal pistachios, could offer all the flavour of coffee, with none of the kick - as well as being significantly cheaper.
It might seem an unlikely boast, as the special type of pistachio nut is from a tree better known as having sap which is a source of turpentine.
www.telegraph.co.uk
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The search for a stimulant-free alternative has often proven less than fruitful, with versions of the drink which lack not just caffeine's kick, but flavour.
Now scientists claim to have found a possible solution in a type of pistachio nut.
They claim that carefully roasted, the fruit of the Pistacia terebinthus tree, which is much smaller than normal pistachios, could offer all the flavour of coffee, with none of the kick - as well as being significantly cheaper.
It might seem an unlikely boast, as the special type of pistachio nut is from a tree better known as having sap which is a source of turpentine.
Pistachio nuts could provide caffeine free alternative to coffee
Coffee made from a type of pistachio nuts could provide a caffeine free and healthy alternative to the popular hot beverage, according to research by scientists.
www.telegraph.co.uk
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