Coffea charrieriana (or Charrier coffee) is a species of flowering plant in the Rubiaceae family. It is a caffeine-free coffee found in ....st0{fill:#FFFFFF;}CoffeeDictionary,DictionaryofCoffeeandEspressoEquipmentCoffeacharrieriana  September12,2018By  DorianBodnariucCoffeacharrieriana(orCharriercoffee)isaspeciesoffloweringplantintheRubiaceaefamily.Itisacaffeine-freecoffeefoundinCameroon.Thisplantistheonlyknowncaffeine-freecoffeeplantfromCentralAfrica.C.charrierianawasselectedasoneof“TheTop10NewSpecies”describedin2008byTheInternationalInstituteforSpeciesExplorationatArizonaStateUniversityandaninternationalcommitteeoftaxonomists.Astheonlynaturallycaffeinefreecoffee,Coffeacharrierianapresentsauniquesolutionforcoffeedrinkerswhoaresensitivetocaffeine,orwhowanttolimittheircaffeineintakeforonereasonoranother.ApartfromCharriercoffee,regularcoffee,evendecaffeinated(decaf)coffee,containscaffeine.Decafcoffeetypicallydoesn’tcontainmorethan0.1percentcaffeine.RobustaCoffeeisgenerallyaround2.7percentcaffeineandArabicacoffeeisnormallyaround1.2percent.Charriercoffeeisparticularlyadvantageousasanaturallycaffeinefreecoffeecomparedtodecaffeinatedcoffee,becauseitundergoesnoprocessinginordertobecaffeinefree.Thedecaffeinationprocesscanofteninvolvechemicals,whichadeterrentforsomedecafcoffeedrinkers.Coffeacharrierianaisstill100%coffeesoitcontainstheotherhealthcomponentscontainedincoffeesuchasantioxidants.Thismakescharriercoffeesuperiortocoffeealternativessuchasroastedchicoryroot,whichissometimesdrunkasacoffeeequivalentduetothefactthatitreactsverysimilarlytocoffeewhenitisbrewedandthereforelooksandtasteslikecoffeebutcontainsnoneofthehealthpropertiesassociatedwithit.Share0Tweet0Share0AbouttheauthorMynameisDorianandIamaformerbarista.Iconsumecoffeeinanyform,asabeverage,insavoryrecipesanddesserts.Myfavoritecaffeinatedbeverageistheespresso.Ilovetosharemycoffeebrewingknowledgeandmygeekycoffeeresearch.ThisblogisoneoftheplacesIwriteaboutcoffee.MoreaboutDorian...Ifyouwanttolearnmoreaboutthissiteandho