During a normal coffee plants life-cycle the coffee beans do not mature at the same rate on the coffee plant. Thus the plants need to be harvested a number of times.

Scientists have discovered how to genetically enhance the coffee plant so that the coffee beans will all mature at the same time. This is done by spraying a certain chemical onto the plant to react with the genetic modifications to the plant and cause synchronized maturity.

Traditional coffee farmers will find it impossible to match the levels of supply that GM-based farmers will be able to achieve. Thus GM-based coffee should reach the marketplace cheaply and quickly. The quality of the coffee may also be affected, If the beans are all at the same level of maturity, their taste should be much the same. GM-based farmers have the opportunity to create very concise coffee flavours and varieties.

Traditionally, coffee is only grown in a few places in the word. The popular Aribica beans need to be grown at special temperatures and altitude (and pressure) play a large role in determining the flavour of the bean.

Some manufacturers have taken to growing hydroponic coffee. This coffee is usually labelled as 'organic' coffee and has developed a number of popular flavours. Much of these 'organic' facilities can probably be used to produce GM-coffee beans and so the manufacturing of large quantities of GM-coffee should be fairly easy and won't require any special location.

As for the coffee culture, well I think adding another term to the already burgeoning coffee dictionary may be of some benefit. Ordering a GM-DeCaf Latte will become a regular status symbol and people will can discuss their favourite genetic structures for hours!

While we're on the GM-debate, if manufacturers are so keen on using Genetically modified foods perhaps we can make some requests about features we'd like to see at the lunch bar:

1. The GM doughnut.
   This doughnut would be self icing. It's jam-based cardio-vascular system would keep it warm for hours and could also be trained to hide itself from predators
   

2. The GM Banana
   The Banana comes pre-sliced. The Banana trees are trained to swim and are anchored just off the coast in a vast banana mangrove. Some small modification may be made to the tree's fruit so that the bananas float too!
   

3. The GM Beer
   The genetically enhanced beer would be capable of changing colour to match the drinker's favourite football team's colours. Drinking the beer would cause the drinker to instantly become smarter, stronger and highly attractive to the opposite sex.

If you'd like more information about genetically engineered food, we're not sure where to go, but you can vote on genetically engineered food in are voting booth.

No bacteria were harmed in the writing of this document - come to think of it, no coffee was consumed either <gasp!> oh yeah, and nobody has been fired yet - but it could happen.