Re: OT small disaster in our community

Susan wrote:
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Chris Malcolm wrote:

There is almost no research which has taken the trouble to distinguish
between stale coffee and really fresh coffee. The rationale seems to
be that when doing epidemiological research there's no point in caring
about differences which most people don't care about. That's one more
way in which epidemiological research can gibe misleading results. In
my experience the difference between stale and fresh coffee in the
effect on my digestion and my heart is very significant, and much more
important than the amount of caffeine. As I'm using the term "stale"
pretty much any coffee bought in a supermarket is stale, except for a
few of the very best vaccuum packed kinds.

And some kinds of coffee maker actually make stale coffee from the
freshest ingredients, the percolator being the most notorious example.


Canned coffee goes through a process called "pre staling."

Susan

Well, I guess that does it for every trying coffee again. There are now two people besides myself I know that get high BG readings from coffee.

Michael
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