OT: Coffee and tea

BlackSpinner · Post by **BlackSpinner** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 10:44 am

I found this link while bored out of my mind at work waiting for things to finish.

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/12/ ... r-you.html

Coffee for curbing memory loss, type II diabetes, gout, cancer, Alzheimers, Teas for cancer, stress and hormones.

Just hold the milk and fancy lattes with 560 calories.

DreamOn · Post by **DreamOn** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 10:57 am

Thanks for the link. One of my hobbies is home coffee roasting. I don't drink much coffee, but I have considered whether I should stop for health reasons. Now I have excuses not to. I have cut out my early evening decaf, though.

BlackSpinner · Post by **BlackSpinner** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 12:38 pm

DreamOn wrote: I have cut out my early evening decaf, though.

In the article they say even decaf has benefits !!

In addition, the study found that people who drank more than three to four cups of decaffeinated coffee a day had about a one-third lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes than those who drank none.

DreamOn · Post by **DreamOn** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 12:47 pm

BlackSpinner wrote:
DreamOn wrote: I have cut out my early evening decaf, though.
In the article they say even decaf has benefits !!

I sometimes have a half caffeinated/half decaf mixture in the morning, and other times I say "bring it on!" and go for the higher octane stuff.

I stopped drinking the decaf in the evenings because it did seem to interfere with my sleep cycle. I've been sleeping longer (8 hours) since I stopped the decaf about a month ago, although that could just be coincidence since my body's been adjusting over these last few months of CPAP use.

thewetlizard · Post by **thewetlizard** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 1:37 pm

Well I don't drink coffee. I guess I'll miss out on some of those benefits

Muse-Inc · Post by **Muse-Inc** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 2:56 pm

Coffe & decaff are now one of the prime sources of antioxidants in our diet...as long as consumed within 20 mins of brewing.

lmorchard · Post by **lmorchard** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 3:44 pm

DreamOn wrote:Thanks for the link. One of my hobbies is home coffee roasting. I don't drink much coffee, but I have considered whether I should stop for health reasons. Now I have excuses not to. I have cut out my early evening decaf, though.

Having started on my pot-a-day habit since high school and now doing homeroasting myself, I couldn't imagine the withdrawal symptoms I'd get if I tried to quit. I'd be seeing babies crawling on the ceiling and never want to get out of bed.

But, it seems like every day I read something positive about coffee, whether it's benefits to memory and brain or that coffee grounds make a good water filter for taking many toxins out of municipal water. I think I even read something about it reducing the chances of prostate cancer. It's been awhile since I last read anything *bad* about it.

You'll have to pry my coffee mug out of my cold, dead, and highly caffeinated fingers.

SleepyT · Post by **SleepyT** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 6:18 pm

lmorchard wrote:You'll have to pry my coffee mug out of my cold, dead, and highly caffeinated fingers.

I'm with you! Except I have cut the caffeine in half. I just love the whole coffee experience...don't intend to quit it.

thewetlizard · Post by **thewetlizard** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 8:23 pm

I love the smell of coffee but don't expect me to drink it! I'm in hog heaven when I'm at the grocery store in the coffee isle! But don't expect me to buy any.

elg5cats · Post by **elg5cats** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 8:35 pm

BlackSpinner wrote:Coffee for curbing memory loss, type II diabetes, gout, cancer, Alzheimers, Teas for cancer, stress and hormones.
Just hold the milk and fancy lattes with 560 calories.

Perfect time as I sit her clutching my HOT tea................another benefit is warmth!!!! It's feezing cold here.........I have been toting and embracing tea the last week trying to stay warm..........and I did remember more than one digit at a time today at work!!!! Nice to know it may offer other health benefits.

elg5cats

sleepywolverine · Post by **sleepywolverine** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 9:17 pm

Ooh, that's good news! I love my coffee!

WearyOne · Post by **WearyOne** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 9:31 pm

thewetlizard wrote:Well I don't drink coffee. I guess I'll miss out on some of those benefits

I don't drink it either; just never developed a taste for it. I do like coffee ice cream though. (Hmm, wonder if that counts!)

secret agent girl · Post by **secret agent girl** » Tue Jan 05, 2010 8:03 am

DreamOn · Post by **DreamOn** » Tue Jan 05, 2010 11:39 am

secret agent girl wrote:If we're talkin' coffee, there's just two words to say...

"cold press"

I haven't tried cold press coffee. I'll have to give that a whirl sometime.

For a single-serve, pour-over coffee maker, I can highly recommend the AeroPress. It's a simple device, virtually indestructible, easy to clean, and it makes a fabulous cup of coffee -- smooth and full-flavored, low acid, with no grounds in the cup. It can make either American or espresso style coffee. Once the water's heated (separately) it takes about 20 seconds to make a cup. It comes with 350 filters, and I use one filter for about 2 weeks. More info here: http://www.amazon.com/AeroPress-Coffee- ... 645&sr=8-1.

I also love the vacuum brewers. They make terrific coffee and it's very amusing to watch the brewing process, but the glass tends to break eventually and they're expensive to replace.

Mmm....coffee.

~ DreamOn

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