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Catching up here after another few hours offline.
Too late for coffee, decaff will have to do.
Too late for coffee, decaff will have to do.
Cup one down, cup two....
A North East university is due in court today after two students were hospitalised following a caffeine research experiment gone wrong.
Northumbria University will be sentenced for the health and safety breach which put the students in intensive care when they overdosed on caffeine.
They accidentally took too much of the stimulant prior to exercising as part of a sports science study that was designed to measure how caffeine affected performance.
The Health and Safety Executive prosecuted the university and it admitted failing to ensure their safety at a hearing last month, and will be sentenced at Newcastle Crown Court .
It was believed both students – on an Applied Sport and Exercise Science course – needed several days of hospital treatment following the incident in 2015.
That is a terrible headline. "Northumbria University 'life-threatening' caffeine test fine." No, that is NOT fine!The equivalent of 300 cups of coffee accidently given in caffeine to students in tests. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-38744307
Highly Caffeinated 'Death Wish' Coffee Recalled Over Botulism Hazard
A company that claims to make one of the strongest coffees in the world is recalling some of its products because they could pose a risk of serious illness.
On Tuesday (Sept. 19), Death Wish Coffee Co., which brands itself as the "world's strongest coffee," said it was recalling all of its 11-oz Nitro Cold Brew cans because the products could pose a risk of botulism, a serious and sometimes deadly illness caused by the botulin toxin. The company said it had determined that its current manufacturing process for the cans could lead to the growth of the bacteria that produce the botulin toxin, which can occur in low-oxygen and low-acid foods. ...
So far, no illnesses have been reported in connection with the recalled products.
Death Wish coffee contains more than 700 mg of caffeine per 12 fluid ounces, according to the company. That's nearly twice the recommended daily limit of caffeine, which is 400 mg. Its cold brew product contains less caffeine, about 380 mg per can. For comparison, a 12-ounce cup of dark roast coffee at Starbucks has about 200 mg of caffeine.
Scientists who work with cockroaches often develop allergies towards cockroaches. At the same time, they also develop allergies to pre-ground coffee.
I'll let you do the logic.
Is it that Cockroach exoskeletons present a similar particulate micro-debris to that of semi-carbonised coffee-beans? They are morphologically-analogous, and I'd imagine that if inhaled or present as a topical abradant they could both produce very-similar biological allergic reactions.Coffee beans are cockroach cocoons?
...Cockroach exoskeletons ...particulate micro-debris...semi-carbonised...morphologically-analogous...topical abradant...offshed exoshell...most-affective...allergen...lesser-effective beverage extract.
Coffee could become more expensive.
Is it that Cockroach exoskeletons present a similar particulate micro-debris to that of semi-carbonised coffee-beans? They are morphologically-analogous, and I'd imagine that if inhaled or present as a topical abradant they could both produce very-similar biological allergic reactions.
In equal weight/volume tests, Cockroach offshed exoshell might be most-affective of the two in terms of being an allergen, but I predict that it would tend to produce the lesser-effective beverage extract. A doctoral thesis may deserve to be written on this topic.
See now I'd just assumed it was ground roach in the coffee. But then there's rat crap in grain, judging by the way it's stored around here after harvesting.It's that companies that purchase pre-ground coffee typically do so from second and third-world nations and it is absolutely standard for non-coffe elements to be ground along with the coffee beans--that powder commonly includes the many species of cockroach.
How do you like your coffee in the morning? From an Italian espresso to the Vietnamese ca phe trung, made with egg yolks and condensed milk, a lot depends on where you wake up.
More people are drinking more coffee than ever before, according to the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization. So which nation produces the most beans needed for our caffeine fix? Who drinks the most coffee, and where do people buy it?
Some fun "coffee by numbers" facts on the BBC website today.
I didn't know Vietnam was such a large producer. Or that coffee is much more expensive here than anywhere else. Or that the Americans, despite seeking obsessed by it, don't really drink that much.
California cafe touts its $75 coffee as the world’s priciest
A California cafe is brewing up what it calls the world’s most expensive coffee — at $75 a cup.
Klatch Coffee is serving the exclusive brew, the Elida Natural Geisha 803, at its branches in Southern California and San Francisco.
The 803 in the coffee’s name refers to the record-breaking $803 per pound the organic beans sold for at a recent auction after winning the Best of Panama coffee competition, said Bo Thiara, co-owner of the Klatch branch in San Francisco. He calls the annual competition the coffee world’s equivalent of the Oscars.
Only 100 pounds (45 kilograms) of the beans were available for purchase, and most went to Japan, China and Taiwan, Thiara said. Klatch secured 10 pounds (4.5 kilograms) and is the only chain in North America to have it.
The coffee’s high quality and limited supply set off a bidding war that determined its astronomical price, topping last year’s winning beans that sold for $601 per pound, Thiara said.
Klatch describes the coffee as a rare variety of Arabica from Panama that has a floral, tea-like flavor with hints of jasmine and berries. The 10 pounds of beans will produce about 80 cups of coffee, Thiara said. ...
Interestingly, those aforementioned unfortunates who develop cockroach allergies frequently have reactions to marine crustaceans, with whom the cockroach shares a genetic lineage. There is debate about how closely they are linked.
A London coffee shop is charging $64 for its premium brew -- here's what it tastes like
Excessively expensive and you have to pay for it in US currency?