Why Deal With the Nasty Taste if You Don't Even Get a Caffeine Jolt? Reuters reports that "Decaf coffee brews ownership controversy." From the article: "In an industry which the International Coffee Organization, ICO, estimated in 2002 generated some $70 billion in global retail sales, the stakes are high as Ethiopia challenges Brazil over the ownership of plants collected from the East African country's forests." (Wonder how much hate mail I'll get for denigrating the taste of coffee?)