Coffee Drinkers I need your help.

 

This morning, I had the horrifying experience of waking up, walking down three flights of stairs to find that my coffee machine passed away during the night. :x :cry: :x  Without my first cup of coffee in the morning I'm a mega moody muth (shut yo mouth)*ucka!  After cussing up a storm and having a tantrum, I think, all is not lost, I have a coffee press.  WRONG!  The damn press is in Cleveland. Argh!  So I schlep around to Starbucks and wait in line with all the other caffeine depraved zombies ....which was a PIA at 7 AM!  Sorry for ranting but it was traumatic!

 

I knew I had to purchase another coffee machine but I hadn't been here in a few weeks and figured I'd have until the Holiday season to replace it.  Unfortunately fate, has played a cruel joke on me as the machine seems to have malfunctioned and leaked all over the counter, when I assume, the machine shorted and leaked all over.

 

So I'm looking at coffee/espresso machines and I'm wonder if any of you have purchased one recently and what you think of it.  My current model was a display model (delonghi) and ~7 years old and is no longer available, so I went on too Crate and Barrel, delonghi, Williams-Sonoma, Overstock.com  & Bed, Bath & Beyond, since I need it right now, my only real options are C&B, WS & BBB.  After perusing their websites, I have a bit of sticker shock, as I think I paid $800 for my dead machine and the model I got in Cleveland (a Saeco) was a gift, so I never looked at the price, but damn, most of the models I've viewed today are over $1K :wtf:, but I can justify the cost as I'll drink a lot of coffee!!  The DēLonghi Magnifica Coffee Center at C&B seems to be my first choice.

 

Any information is helpful. 

 

 

signed,

 

......caffeine-aholic!

I find that the best coffee-related investment I ever made was learning to love cheap-ass coffee...

I find that the best coffee-related investment I ever made was learning to love cheap-ass coffee...

 

Gasp!  The Horror!  :-o

I guess my blue-collar roots are showing. I bought a <$20 Black & Decker, and it suits me fine so long as I don't forget to put the pot in place before I push the "auto" button and go to bed  :-)

 

I try not to be a complete Philistine; I buy good Nicaraguan dark roast beans at a neighborhood fair-trade shop and grind fresh daily

..... After perusing their websites, I have a bit of sticker shock, as I think I paid $800 for my dead machine and the model I got in Cleveland (a Saeco) was a gift, so I never looked at the price, but damn, most of the models I've viewed today are over $1K :wtf:, but I can justify the cost as I'll drink a lot of coffee!! 

 

Either you're crazy, loaded with cash or BOTH!  I looked at those coffee makers you have listed and do you know what I could do with $1,000 bucks? Let me tell you there aint no coffee beans in the picture!  And to think, people say meth is addictive!  I'm not one to tell people what to do with their money, but you need to get a starbucks card and get over yourself.  Its coffee for christ sakes!

check out coffeegeek dot com for reviews. i was looking over the highly rated rancilio silvia model they have out at porto rico coffee on bleecker st, that might be the one for me someday soon (our crummy old cheapy krups is about dead too & i want to switch to an espresso machine).

The one thing you can do to guarantee the best-tasting cup of coffee is freshly ground beans; ground coffee goes stale within a half-hour at room temperature (storing ground coffee in the fridge is merely a great way to absorb the odors the box of baking soda missed), therefore, leaving grounds to wait overnight in the brew basket is kind of pointless.

 

The solution? We live by our Cuisineart Grind n' Brew; it grinds the beans straight into the basket. Seeing as you sleep three flights away from the kitchen, the hella loud grinder won't jar you out of a sound sleep as it would in a smaller living space. The only other caveat is that you need to clean six parts every morning (including the insulated carafe--another bonus: it keeps coffee warm for hours without the nastifying boil-off effect you have with a typical coffee brewer), but you'll get fast at it, and all the parts are dishwasher safe.

 

All things considered, the Cuisinart Grind n' Brew ($85 bucks or so) is the only way to go. Five fists up.

 

 

For over three years, we've been using a Krups coffee maker.  It was a wedding present, but I think the retail price was around $100.  It has a thermal carafe, so there is no burner.  It keeps the coffee from "cooking," and it remains hot for a few hours after brewing.

 

We also grind our own coffee beans.

I find that the best coffee-related investment I ever made was learning to love cheap-ass coffee...

 

co-signed.

try target.com too?

All thanks for you suggestions.  Crisis over, I went with the DēLonghi.....um good coffee

I have to tell you about the best stove-top cappuccino maker ever.

 

I bought the Mukka Express two months ago at Jungle Jims, and it is incredible.  You put the milk in the top, water in the bottom, coffee in the middle, and in four minutes, you have a frothy cappuccino.  Perfect every time.

 

http://www.bialettishop.com/MukkaMain.htm

The solution? We live by our Cuisineart Grind n' Brew; it grinds the beans straight into the basket. Seeing as you sleep three flights away from the kitchen, the hella loud grinder won't jar you out of a sound sleep as it would in a smaller living space.

 

My brother has one of these and swears by the thing.  But you're not kidding about the loud grinder.  I was sleeping on the couch in the living room in my brothers apartment, which is adjacent to the kitchen and the thing definitely woke me up.  I thought my brother was whipping up a frozen margarita at 7:30 in the morning.

I find that the best coffee-related investment I ever made was learning to love cheap-ass coffee...

 

HA! I agree. I mean, I love good coffee, but if you don't like cheap coffee I don't think you are really a coffee drinker.  People I know who go to Starbucks all the time, don't seem like real coffee drinkers.

I think I would enjoy being a coffee drinker, unfortunately I don't particularly care for the stuff.

Start drinking coffee in the mornings with lots of cream and sugar, and then you will develop a taste for it. I made my friends become coffee drinkers when sunday brunch in the dining halls i would bring a tray of coffee with cream and sugar even though they didn't like coffee. Soon enough they all became coffee drinkers because of that.

The solution? We live by our Cuisineart Grind n' Brew; it grinds the beans straight into the basket. Seeing as you sleep three flights away from the kitchen, the hella loud grinder won't jar you out of a sound sleep as it would in a smaller living space.

 

My brother has one of these and swears by the thing.  But you're not kidding about the loud grinder.  I was sleeping on the couch in the living room in my brothers apartment, which is adjacent to the kitchen and the thing definitely woke me up.  I thought my brother was whipping up a frozen margarita at 7:30 in the morning.

 

For years our bedroom shared a wall with the kitchen. The roar of the grinder certainly adds to the starting power of what's in the pot. It's a heart-attack inducing sound, but it's a happy heart-attack inducing sound.

 

Another noisy but totally worth it appliance is a breadmaker. If you want fresh baked bread waiting for you at 7AM you have to accept the disturbing clatter and thunk of kneading paddles going off an on starting at 4AM.

 

But hey: fresh-baked bread waiting for you at 7AM...

Start drinking coffee in the mornings with lots of cream and sugar, and then you will develop a taste for it. I made my friends become coffee drinkers when sunday brunch in the dining halls i would bring a tray of coffee with cream and sugar even though they didn't like coffee. Soon enough they all became coffee drinkers because of that.

 

I got hooked on coffee as a junior in high school.  I would go to Arabica to study before work and I thought having a cup of coffee while reading my books made me look more mature and less like the four-eyed geek I was.

I find that the best coffee-related investment I ever made was learning to love cheap-ass coffee...

 

HA! I agree. I mean, I love good coffee, but if you don't like cheap coffee I don't think you are really a coffee drinker.  People I know who go to Starbucks all the time, don't seem like real coffee drinkers.

 

Even the best coffee is the cheapest-ass coffee if you make it at home. An $8 pound of good beans will yield about 400 OZ of brewed joe. 20 Grandes of Starbucks will set you back something like $40. Worse yet, 20 cups of bottomless diner dreck will still set you back $20. Again: Brew it yourself and you've got premium coffee at sub-cheap ass prices.

 

But then, I guess I'm missing out on the fun and convenience factor of buying it premade.

The cheapest-ass it gets is free office coffee.  That's my daily weekday dose, and it normally blows, but eh, it's still coffee.  Saves a stop on the drive, saves the hassle of making it at home, and it's still hot caffiene.

^Aye. And oddly enough, the coffee at my office is Starbucks. Actually, now, due to belt-tightening, they've switched to Seattle's Best, which is a brand owned by Starbucks.

 

Still though, with office coffee, you have to deal with jackasses who empty the pot and don't take 20-seconds to set up a new one. I swear I start two pots for every cup I drink. That's like 50 pots a day.

Indeed...and some moron comes along and decides she just wants a half-strength pot.  But there's only two carafes, and one's filled with decaf...aargh...and it sits on the burner, tastes like burned ass.  But, again, it's hot, bitter and dark with caffeine...

 

We used to have one of those Kurig things with the single-cup little fresh-brewed deals - man, that was great.  But pricey, I guess - I think it worked out to $0.45/cup, which adds up for an office...

 

Start drinking coffee in the mornings with lots of cream and sugar, and then you will develop a taste for it. I made my friends become coffee drinkers when sunday brunch in the dining halls i would bring a tray of coffee with cream and sugar even though they didn't like coffee. Soon enough they all became coffee drinkers because of that.

 

I got hooked on coffee as a junior in high school.  I would go to Arabica to study before work and I thought having a cup of coffee while reading my books made me look more mature and less like the four-eyed geek I was.

 

I got hooked similarly. I started drinking specialty drinks like mochas, lattes, and cappuchinos my freshman year of high school on occasion. A trip to Italy when I was 14 also introduced to me to coffee and help get me started on it. But my coffee drinking got serious when I made the decision that I wanted to be a "coffee drinker," which was shortly after I got my drivers license my sophmore year of high school. I started going to Carribou Coffee on Detroit in Lakewood before class. I looked especially young for my age, and I must have looked kind of funny standing in line with all the business people on their way to work dressed in my own shirt and tie and about a foot shorter than them. The lady behind the counter asked to see my ID, and I remember getting so nervous; thinking maybe I was breaking the law. She told me she was just joking and everyone laughed. I couldn't think of anything clever to say, I was so embarrassed. But I kept going there before and after school and since then there have been very few days in my life that I have gone without coffee.

Has anyone been through caffeine withdrawal?  Unfortunately, I've had to severely cut back on coffee which has made me a super mega bitch [think HBIC to the second power kind of bitch], and I swear I've had a headache for two weeks.

 

I know you're all wondering why me - a coffee aficionado - would give my black gold.

 

Two weeks ago I suffered a panic attack, which I thought was a heart attack, while on Shaker Square with my niece.  As we were walking (and sipping on our drinks) across Shaker Blvd on the eastern portion of the right in the middle of the track, I felt a sharp pain in my groin region that shot up my chest and into my left arm.  My first thought was I got electrocuted, but vaguely remember thinking there is no power on the track. Next think I know everything goes dark and the when I recover I'm on my knees and my niece is pulling/shaking me and screaming at me - she actually slapped me (which I don't remember). She was like why did just stand there while the train was approaching?  What's wrong - What's wrong?  I couldn't speak or feel my left arm or leg.  She called my cousin, who brought me back to my apartment.  That 500 feet walk from the Square to my apartment felt more like 5 miles.

 

My brother takes me to the emergency room and they tell me I didn't have a heart attack or stroke, but had an acute case of heart burn, panic attack and hyperventilated, brought on by stress and triggered by dehydration.  Scared the Be-Jesus out of me.  By the time we get back to my apartment, my cousin has completely dismantled my coffee machine and moved all my coffee & related products into his apartment and told the maid not buy anymore.  :whip:

 

This cut back to no more than four cups of coffee, has made me irritable and I want to eat everything in sight.  Today, I ate an entire german chocolate cake and had four meals and I can't sleep.  I tried running and increasing my time at the gym but that only made things worse.

 

Any advice?  :|

 

PS:  I blame all this on David who sometime in August made a comment about too much coffee and heart problems!  Damn you, David, damn you!

The reason why I said that is because I'm a fan of caffeine as well and I was trying to be productive and took caffeine pills and had a huge anxiety attack. I called 9-11 and basically everyone on my contact list to try and calm me down before the ambulance came. It was the only time in my life where I literally thought I was dying. The hospital couldn't do anything, I just had to wait until it wore off. At one point I remember a hot doctor without a lab coat that did touch my pelvic region and abs so it wasn't ALL bad.

 

Glad you're okay though and that you had someone with you when it happend. It's some scary sh!t.

 

Since caffeine is a drug that your body is trying to get rid of, like alcohol, it makes you piss a lot. It's important to drink a lot of water so that you're hydrated (you probably know that). Does Tylenol or Advil help the headaches? If not, I would just drink a SMALL cup of coffee to ease the withdrawal though you'd probably be tempted to drink more afterwards. Maybe if you stock some de-caf it'll have somewhat of a placebo affect (I'm not sure if caffeine is ever a psychological addiction rather than physical).

 

Maybe drink de-caf for the taste and go to GNC and buy LIQUID vitamin B-12. It can do wonders as a stimulant. Put it under your tongue for thirty seconds; it goes straight to your brain. Your body only absorbs 2 percent via pill whereas liquid is something like 60 percent I believe.

Has anyone been through caffeine withdrawal?  Unfortunately, I've had to severely cut back on coffee which has made me a super mega bitch [think HBIC to the second power kind of bitch], and I swear I've had a headache for two weeks.

 

I know you're all wondering why me - a coffee aficionado - would give my black gold.

 

Two weeks ago I suffered a panic attack, which I thought was a heart attack, while on Shaker Square with my niece.  As we were walking (and sipping on our drinks) across Shaker Blvd on the eastern portion of the right in the middle of the track, I felt a sharp pain in my groin region that shot up my chest and into my left arm.  My first thought was I got electrocuted, but vaguely remember thinking there is no power on the track. Next think I know everything goes dark and the when I recover I'm on my knees and my niece is pulling/shaking me and screaming at me - she actually slapped me (which I don't remember). She was like why did just stand there while the train was approaching?  What's wrong - What's wrong?  I couldn't speak or feel my left arm or leg.  She called my cousin, who brought me back to my apartment.  That 500 feet walk from the Square to my apartment felt more like 5 miles.

 

My brother takes me to the emergency room and they tell me I didn't have a heart attack or stroke, but had an acute case of heart burn, panic attack and hyperventilated, brought on by stress and triggered by dehydration.  Scared the Be-Jesus out of me.  By the time we get back to my apartment, my cousin has completely dismantled my coffee machine and moved all my coffee & related products into his apartment and told the maid not buy anymore.  :whip:

 

This cut back to no more than four cups of coffee, has made me irritable and I want to eat everything in sight.  Today, I ate an entire german chocolate cake and had four meals and I can't sleep.  I tried running and increasing my time at the gym but that only made things worse.

 

Any advice?  :|

 

PS:  I blame all this on David who sometime in August made a comment about too much coffee and heart problems!  Damn you, David, damn you!

 

um huh....

Mov2Ohio - Hush!  Don't hate on Coffee!

 

David, I honestly don't remember anything but pain then nothing on the left.  Ironically, I was more upset that I wasted the coffee I was drinking. I know..I know.  Yeah, caffeine is a major drug.  Now I know how smokers feel.  My niece is seven, but she's got ice water running through her veins and this happened practically in front of my apartment building.

 

I think after 20+ years of drinking at least 10 cups of coffee a day, I realize my body is shock.  I can't even started in the morning on one cup of coffee.  I sweat now, that is not sexy.  The worst is my assistants, they come into my office and do improve coffee commercials that end in them saying "ummmm...goood coffee"  :x  :x

 

de-caf??  ewww  I don't want to pop pills and become immune to Tylenol or Advil.  I'll try the liquid B12.

10+ cups a day, plus high stress levels... sorry but something has to give.

 

Keep in mind that de-caf still has some levels of caffeine - a nominal amount but possibly enough to satisfy your cravings without the adverse health effects. Seriously though, you need to try yoga or some kind of stress relief.

I'm too uncoordinated for Yoga.  I've been going to my boxing and kick boxing classes.

Two weeks ago I suffered a panic attack, which I thought was a heart attack, while on Shaker Square with my niece.  As we were walking (and sipping on our drinks) across Shaker Blvd on the eastern portion of the right in the middle of the track, I felt a sharp pain in my groin region that shot up my chest and into my left arm.  My first thought was I got electrocuted, but vaguely remember thinking there is no power on the track. Next think I know everything goes dark and the when I recover I'm on my knees and my niece is pulling/shaking me and screaming at me - she actually slapped me (which I don't remember). She was like why did just stand there while the train was approaching?  What's wrong - What's wrong?  I couldn't speak or feel my left arm or leg.  She called my cousin, who brought me back to my apartment.  That 500 feet walk from the Square to my apartment felt more like 5 miles.

 

My brother takes me to the emergency room and they tell me I didn't have a heart attack or stroke, but had an acute case of heart burn, panic attack and hyperventilated, brought on by stress and triggered by dehydration...

 

So I guess we now know exactly what it takes to knock MTS off of urbanohio.

 

Welcome back, you pussy.

noooo... I was traveling.  I was in PR for 2.5 weeks for a family reunion with no time to play on the web, then the funeral, then I had some other traveling.

 

I was only out of commission for like a day after the take.  I don't think I was at the hospital more than 4/5 hours.

 

It would take more than something like a panic attack to keep me away from you freaks!

http://www.caffeineawareness.org/index.php

 

http://www.r-a.org/i-overcoming-caffeine-addiction.htm

good lord I was consuming around 4700 mg of caffeine a day.   

 

When I took the caffeine risk test I was listed as "Death Call next of kin"  :-o

 

the forum is not like UO, it depressing as all get out!

Yes and when you get to the 8th step feel free to write me an apologetic post regarding your "Damn you!" comments towards me! Just playing.

 

What is your sleeping pattern like? Aside from panic attacks, probably the most damaging affect of caffeine is that it's almost impossible to get any sleep. Then when you wake up, you need coffee more than usual to be alert. I would have a few drinks in the evening (a few hours after the last cup of coffee) to slow down the central nervous system.

 

when I drinking coffee I'd got to bed (unless i was posting on UO) around 11:30 or Midnight and wake up at 6:15/6:30 AM.  Now, I can't fall asleep.  Ironic, isn't it?!  And I've only had ONE panic attack.  I'm going to read more on that forum and try to man up with a max of four cups of coffee - or kill my assistant, who this morning thought it would be funny to leave a fresh brewed cup of black coffee behind my couch.

http://www.caffeineawareness.org/index.php

 

http://www.r-a.org/i-overcoming-caffeine-addiction.htm

 

BLASPHEMY!

We all know Skyy Vodka is the true stress reliever.

Day 13.......will the headache's ever end!  :x

Last time I quit drinking coffee, the headaches only lasted a couple days and succumbed to pain relievers - by a week in, I was past them.  HOWEVER, another week later I had a cup of coffee on morning, was fine, and the next day the headaches were back...

 

You smell that aroma?... I just poured myself a nice glass of Fine Champagne Cognac!!  Ahh...

I'm down to about 5 cups a day, and those are all before 9AM. After that, I'm off the joe for the rest of the day, and all I drink is water. Maybe 80oz a day. I could probably skip the coffee altogether, but I really enjoy that early morning ritual. As a proud papa, henpecked hubby and working stiff, it's about the only me-time I really have.

 

MTS: have you tried this sort of cut-off time approach? The water really helps (picked up that trick when I quit smoking), and you don't get that late afternoon burnout/crazification.

Last time I quit drinking coffee, the headaches only lasted a couple days and succumbed to pain relievers - by a week in, I was past them.  HOWEVER, another week later I had a cup of coffee on morning, was fine, and the next day the headaches were back...

 

 

I think its the amount I drank.  going from 11/12/13 a day to 4 cups a day after 20+ years of drinking coffee has taken its toll.  

 

Been one a plane for 5 hours...I almost went crazy and the headache was really bad.  I guess because I haven't completely stopped, its my bodies way of asking for a shot of caffeine.

 

I'm down to about 5 cups a day, and those are all before 9AM. After that, I'm off the joe for the rest of the day, and all I drink is water. Maybe 80oz a day. I could probably skip the coffee altogether, but I really enjoy that early morning ritual. As a proud papa, henpecked hubby and working stiff, it's about the only me-time I really have.

 

MTS: have you tried this sort of cut-off time approach? The water really helps (picked up that trick when I quit smoking), and you don't get that late afternoon burnout/crazification.

 

I've always tried to have water after a cup of coffee.  I've tried to drink more flavored water or something from Jamba Juice.  Now I have craving for food like never before and my sleeping is erratic and that 3:30 PM fall from orbit you speak of, is pure hell.  I must have it in the morning and right around this time I would have a cup to relax before bed.  I'm just gonna try to man up and get this monkey off my back.

Hah. I hope I never drink coffee to the point where my body is reliant on it just to feel normal. With all my projects and my job it's a good possibility :(

we'll hopefully others will learn.  off for a run to get a cup of coffee.  Running in LA traffic at 6:25 AM - oh the joy!

Hehe. MTS, your experience reminds me of when I used to work at Nestle. The coffee was free (as they own a number of brands), and I drank it like water....that is until about 6 months in and I started getting sharp pains in my kidneys. That, and the perpetual browning of my teeth made me see the error of my ways. Now I only drink a pot in the morning ;)

 

A few years later, my kidneys are fine, and my teeth have lightened up to a healthy beige-ish.  :clap:

Hehe. MTS, your experience reminds me of when I used to work at Nestle. The coffee was free (as they own a number of brands), and I drank it like water....that is until about 6 months in and I started getting sharp pains in my kidneys. That, and the perpetual browning of my teeth made me see the error of my ways. Now I only drink a pot in the morning ;)

 

A few years later, my kidneys are fine, and my teeth have lightened up to a healthy beige-ish.  :clap:

 

I just those puppies whitened! 

 

However, it didn't help this past week, when my bike was stolen while on a coffee run!  Damn LA Bastards!

DID I GIVE UP MY CAFFEINE FOR NOTHING??  :-o  DAMNIT!!

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Coffee Drinkers Might Live Longer

By Kathleen Doheny, HealthDay Reporter

HealthDay

 

MONDAY, June 16 (HealthDay News) - Good news for coffee lovers: Drinking up to six cups a day of caffeinated or decaffeinated coffee daily won't shorten your life span, a new study shows.

 

In fact, coffee might even help the heart, especially for women, the researchers found.

 

"Our results suggest that long-term, regular coffee consumption does not increase the risk of death and probably has several beneficial effects on health," said lead researcher Dr. Esther Lopez-Garcia, assistant professor of preventive medicine at the Autonoma University in Madrid, Spain.

 

Her team published its findings in the June 17 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine.

 

Lopez-Garcia stressed that the findings may only hold true only for healthy folk. "People with any disease or condition should ask their doctor about their risk, because caffeine still has an acute effect on short-term increase of blood pressure," she said.

 

In the study, the Spanish team looked at the relationships between coffee drinking and the risks of dying from heart disease, cancer, or any cause in almost 42,000 men who participated in the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study and more than 84,000 women who had participated in the Nurses' Health Study. At the study start, all participants were free of heart disease and cancer.

 

The participants completed questionnaires every two to four years, including information about their coffee drinking, other dietary habits, smoking and health conditions. The research team looked at the frequency of death from any cause, death due to heart disease, and death due to cancer among people with different coffee-drinking habits, comparing them to those who didn't drink the brew. They also controlled for other risk factors, including diet, smoking and body size.

 

The researchers found that women who drank two or three cups of caffeinated coffee daily had a 25 percent lower risk of death from heart disease during the follow-up (from 1980 to 2004) than non-drinkers. Women also had an 18 percent lower death risk from a cause other than cancer or heart disease compared with non-coffee drinkers.

 

For men, drinking two to three cups of caffeinated coffee daily was a "wash" -- not associated with either an increased or a decreased risk of death during the follow up, from 1986 to 2004.

 

The lower death rate was mainly due to a lower risk for heart disease deaths, the researchers found, while no link was discovered for coffee drinking and cancer deaths. The relationship did not seem to be directly related to caffeine, according to the researchers, since those who drank decaf also had a lower death rate than those who didn't drink either kind of coffee.

 

In the past, studies have come up with mixed results on the health effects of coffee, with some finding coffee increased the risk of death and others not.

 

More recently, research has found coffee drinking linked with a lower risk of type 2 diabetes and some cancers, and preventing the development of cardiovascular disease, Lopez-Garcia said.

 

The strength of her current study, she said, includes the large number of participants and long follow-up period.

 

While the study is interesting, it does have its shortcomings, said Dr. Peter Galier, an internal medicine specialist, former chief of staff at Santa Monica UCLA and Orthopedic Hospital and associate professor of medicine at the University of California Los Angeles' David Geffen School of Medicine.

 

Self-reporting is one shortcoming, he said, because people may have under- or over-reported their coffee consumption, for instance.

 

"I think what this study tells us is not so much that coffee is the answer to everything," he said. But, rather, that some compounds, such as the antioxidants found in coffee, may be healthy.

 

Galier's advice for consumers: "I would tell them to weigh the subjective risk of their coffee consumption," he said. For instance, "if they love coffee, but it makes them jittery, and they can't sleep, the need to adjust it," he said. "Look at your symptoms," he tells patients. "If decaf is no problem, I wouldn't put a limit on that."

 

The research was funded by grants from the U.S. National Institutes of Health.

 

http://health.msn.com/nutrition/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100205528&GT1=31036

I could have told you that :roll:

I could have told you that :roll:

 

As many cups I used to drink, I should live forever!

a coffee press is probably still the best way to make coffee. a basic bodum model can be had for $20 (the drawback? cleaning out those damn grounds!)

 

...and for the record, the best coffee available in NYC currently is Mud Coffee. They have a storefront location in the East Village on E. 9th St. nr. 2nd Ave; also a coffee bar in Kiehl's on 3rd Ave. nr. 13th St (this is an historic store dating back 150 years and known for all manner of facial lotions and other overpriced goop alleged to enhance one's physical appearance); and two conspicuously orange trucks--parked usually on Astor Place in the E. Vill and the other on Sheridan Square in the W. Village--on weekdays. It is also sold prepackaged in some supermarkets. (This being said, I'm still reguarly drawn to Starbucks due to convenience; even though their new Pike Place/Pike's Peak everyday blend sucks half the time! This is one enterprise that jumped the shark at least five years ago. And thank you Starbucks for driving out my onetime favorite coffee chain--New World Coffee--they had the best iced coffee ever!!))