In praise of Coffee

[R011]

Folger's Classic made with a $20 coffee maker from Walmart served with cream and sweetener.  Tim's or McDonald's for take out.

[TrustMe]

I recently read about how coffee is so much better if you use Evian (or other bottled water) instead of tap water. Has anyone else tried it? i've converted to it.

[bojan]

Friends swears by distilled water. I have never noticed big difference. In theory different elements in water will dissolve different things in coffee in different ways, but differences in solubility are minimal and as such as a chemical engineer I am skeptical about human taste being able to discern difference.

BTW, last year, I did not drink coffee for ~3 months. Had some headaches so doctor decided to exclude... something and said "no caffeine for 3 months". Other than being barely functional in the morning (I have low blood pressure, about 100/70 in the morning) I had no other issues. But was still glad when it was over.  

 

Edited June 12, 2024 by bojan

[Ivanhoe]

I use spring water, because:

• local tap water is approximately 85% H2O, 10% CaCO₃, and 5% chloramine, so scale deposits are massive;
• I figure the trace minerals in spring water are a bit healthier than distilled.

As for caffeine, about 2 months ago I weaned myself off of caffeine by using only decaf beans. I was a bit sluggish, but survived; until work decided to get stupid. I fell off the wagon, sadly.

[TrustMe]

I gave up energy drinks and coffee recently, for 3 days I drank nothing but water. All I got was massive headaches all day long, painkillers wouldn't work it was a nightmare.

Edited June 13, 2024 by TrustMe

[Ivanhoe]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/fda-recalls-thousands-pounds-ground-150520756.html
 

Quote

 

The Food and Drug Administration this week recalled thousands of pounds of ground coffee across 15 states that it said were mislabeled as decaffeinated.

Hundreds of 12-ounce bags of Our Family Traverse City Cherry Decaf Light Roast Ground Coffee were mislabeled and sold in Colorado, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Minnesota, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin and Wyoming, according to the FDA.

 

Call me a dyed-in-the-wool traditionalist, but when I drink decaf I don't want cherries to be involved, nor do I envision Traverse City, Michigan as being involved either. I want my coffee to be grown, harvested, and shipped by an enterprising Latino or African, not some hard-drinking Youper wannabee.