Coffee withdrawal
Coffee: It leaves some people feeling fit and refreshed; in others, it makes their heart race. Scientists have developed several decaffeination processes to allow even people who react badly to caffeine to enjoy a cup of the “black brew.” Kurt Zosel from the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research in Mülheim an der Ruhr came across one of these processes quite by chance in 1967.
A successful researchers: As early as the 1960s, Kurt Zosel from the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research began to use supercritical gases to separate substances. He achieved his first success with the decaffeination of coffee.
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