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The Science Behind the World's Most Popular Drug

18 Sep 2017

Last year I worked at a coffee shop on 黑料不打烊 campus. If you ever want to feel appreciated at work, try putting on the first pot of coffee for a bunch of sleep deprived college students and...

Cold Brew Coffee

2 Jul 2017

A few weeks ago I finally had enough of聽the cold brew trend and decided to see what all the hype was about. I followed this recipe (because $5 at Starbucks is just too much for me), and was...

Why We Get Caffeine Withdrawal Headaches

13 Jun 2017

Caffeine interacts with a neurotransmitter- adenosine- receptors, inhibiting the functions that adenosine would normally activate- namely, sleepy feelings. One theory behind caffeine withdrawal...

The Science Behind Decaf

2 May 2017

Caffeine can make you jittery. It can keep you awake. And it can make you pee more often. That much we know for sure. Other allegations against caffeine are circumspect. No scientific studies have...

Should one worry about reboiling water for coffee or tea?

20 Mar 2017

An article is circulating on the internet about the dangers of reboiling water and concentrating dissolved chemicals. It amounts to baseless fear-mongering. Lets consider fluoride as an example....

Black French Fries and Green Coffee Beans

20 Mar 2017

Chances are you鈥檒l see sodium acid pyrophosphate or sodium bisulfite listed on the label of a package of frozen French fries. They鈥檙e added to deal with that bane of potato lovers, the dark, gray...

What is Gerson therapy?

20 Mar 2017

What sort of treatment do you think cancer patients would receive at the Gerson Institute in San Diego? Actually, they would receive no treatment at all, because the 鈥淕erson Therapy鈥 is not...

Is it true that people are drinking poop coffee?

20 Mar 2017

Kopi Luwak, or Civet Coffee is made from coffee beans that have been put through a special machine-a聽living machine, called the Javan civet cat. The luak is a species of civet cat found only on the...

Tempest in a K cup

20 Mar 2017

A question came up about the risks of chemicals leaching out of those convenient coffee K cups. Yes, chemicals do leach out. That of course is the idea, you want to leach out the hundreds of...

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