by Phil | Jul 28, 2020 | Coffee, Health
In the US, 90% of people drink at least one caffeinated beverage per day. I don’t know about you, but that sounds slightly low to me. Caffeine is the most widely used psychoactive substance in the world and seems to only grow in popularity as time passes. But...
by Phil | Jul 21, 2020 | Coffee, Health, Uncategorized
I had a friend pitch me this article since it is a widespread phenomenon, and there may be unexpected reasons for it. While I couldn’t really find anything on the history of post-meal coffee, I collected the best reasons I could find with whatever evidence there was....
by Phil | May 20, 2020 | Coffee, Health, Uncategorized
After finishing that monster post based around the basics of coffee, I started wondering more about water. There are some basic things that people are unsure about, and they have varying reasons for their beliefs. So what is the truth? Should we use hot or cold water...
by Phil | Apr 8, 2019 | Coffee, Health, Uncategorized
I was brewing some Vietnamese coffee with a new phin and I noticed some extra oil floating on top of the coffee. It wasn’t usually there, likely because I normally use the Aeropress – which has a paper filter – and it reminded me that some people say...
by Phil | Apr 7, 2019 | Beans, Coffee, Health, Uncategorized
Decaf has been around for some time now, apparently first being commercialized in the early years of the 1900s. But how is it done? Has the process been improved since it was first invented? I wanted to know, and this is what I found. Decaf was formerly made using...
by Phil | Apr 4, 2019 | Beans, Coffee, Health, Uncategorized
Sometimes I feel tired, yet I can’t fall asleep. I start thinking about possible reasons why this might be, and I realized I had a final cup of coffee later in the day than usual. That’s when I began understanding why people drink decaf coffee. Caffeine can make...