Coffee is world famous drink. However, its consumption if questioned for its caffine containts. Even commercial products available worldwide has some caffeine contents ranging from 2.5 to 12.5 per cent. Cassia tora Linn (family: Leguminosae) is a foetid annual shrub. This is very common weed throught India, Ceylon and tropics generally. The literature survey revealed that Cassia tora contains anthraquinonoid glycosides, phenolic compounds, steroids. Pharmacological activities reported are hepatoprotective, anti- inflammatory, antigenotoxic, hypolipidemic, spasmogenic and antinociceptive, antiproliferative, immunostimulatory, hypotensive, purgative, antidiabetic, estrogenic and antiestrogenic, antiulcer, antioxidant, antifungal, antishigellosis, anthelmintic, antimutagenic, antibacterial and antiplasmodial. Besides the medicinal properties, cassia tora is being used as substitute to coffee. The proposed patent aims at Caffeine free Organic coffee from Cassia tora.
