Kai
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A drink somewhere between coffee and beer could soon be on the menu. Nestec, part of the Nestl empire in Switzerland, has filed patents in every major market round the world on a "fermented coffee beverage" that pours and foams like beer, but smells of strong coffee and packs a concentrated caffeine kick.
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8248
The article also includes a brief summar of how they produce it. I don't know what they're smoking when they talk about using temperature control to stop alcohol development, but I'd still like to try the end result.