Caffeine was first extracted from cocoa beans into its purest form, a white powder, in the 1820s by a German Scientist named Friedrich Ferdinand Runge. Today caffeine is easily extracted and used to make a variety of products that are consumed on a daily basis.he word “caffeine” originated from the German word “kaffee” and the French word “cafe”, café both directly translating to “mean.” Coffee’caffeine s chemical name is,1,3-7, trimethylxanthine based on its, FORMULA, c8h10n4o2 and molecular. structure