Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The aromatic principle of coffee.
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Examples
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The main effects of coffee are due to both the caffeine and the caffeone, which are antagonistic, though not contemporaneous, in action.
Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics Joel Dorman Steele
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This elusive material has been variously called caffeol, caffeone, "the essential oil of coffee," etc., the terms having acquired an ambiguous and incorrect significance.
All About Coffee 1909
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"empyreumatic oil of coffee, _caffeone_," is active; but more recent investigations have yielded results at variance with this.
All About Coffee 1909
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Later, Graham, Stenhouse, and Campbell started on the way to the identification of this aroma by noting that "in common with all the valuable constituents of coffee, caffeone is found to come from the soluble portion of the roasted seed." [
All About Coffee 1909
qms commented on the word caffeone
It drifts from the cup like a pheromone,
The tempting scent of bliss new-blown.
The key to her heart
Is brewer's dark art.
She's deeply addicted to caffeone.
September 29, 2014