A cup of coffee, black gold, a cup of comfort. Coffee \u2013 that's what starts the day of many Groundbreakers. And we are not the only ones, because research shows that 72 percent of working Dutch people start their working day with some liquid happiness: caffeine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In fact, the Netherlands ranks number 3 worldwide among the countries that drink the most cups of coffee per capita. However, there seems to be a quite bitter aftertaste to coffee bean cultivation, as it causes deforestation and has a large CO2 footprint. The Dutch start-up Northern Wonder wanted to change this and started producing coffee using only non-tropical ingredients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Coffee-free coffee blend<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Two years of research and the result was there: grain, chickpea, lupine, rye, blackcurrant and chicory form the ingredients for Coffee Free Coffee. This coffee is naturally caffeine-free, but the makers of Northern Wonder have also come up with a solution for that. One of the variants has synthetic caffeine added from the lab, just as happens with caffeinated soft drinks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to the fact that the ingredients from Northern Wonder Coffee's coffee do not contribute to the deforestation of tropical rainforests, the footprint is also a lot less environmentally harmful. The coffee-free coffee scores considerably environmentally friendly, for example in terms of water use. The product also travels a lot fewer kilometers to ultimately end up in our cup of coffee. All in all, you could enjoy a delicious coffee without that bitter aftertaste of deforestation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/thegroundbreakers.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Coffee-Free-Coffee-1024x576.jpg\")
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