Low Grade Coffee, Yes Or No?

[Astolfo]

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf00091a050

Rio minas, it's one of the cheapest and low quality coffee beans. But all the common coffee products being sold here is being made of it. What could go wrong if someone drink low quality and defect coffee for a long time?

 

[boris]

Seems like the off taste is due to mycotoxins. I would avoid it.

 

[Astolfo]

Seems like the off taste is due to mycotoxins. I would avoid it.

Is there any easy way to check how bad quality of the coffee is? plain instant coffee is always very bitter and I don't know how to understand if it contaminates mycotoxins.

Also, I guess instant is better than turkish coffee. I remember reading about arabica beans contain lower amount of caffeine thus more suspectible to mold and toxins. Most instant coffees are Robusta, right?

 

[boris]

Is there no possibility to get other coffee? Maybe online. I don't know much about the different varieties, I know Peat talked about certain drying practices makes the coffee more prone to fungal contamination.

Instant coffee is good for magnesium and caffeine, but I suspect that many beneficial active ingredients are missing from it. A well extracted freshly brewed filter coffee, espresso or turkish coffee gives me a very strong feeling of wellbeing and warmth, I don't get that same effect from instant coffee, not even expensive ones. I think the only downside of turkish coffee is the coffee grains, but you could filter them out or let it settle well before drinking and throw the last sips out.

 

[Astolfo]

Is there no possibility to get other coffee? Maybe online. I don't know much about the different varieties, I know Peat talked about certain drying practices makes the coffee more prone to fungal contamination.

Unfortunately. Living in one of the 3rd world countries, also coming from a poor family. I have not much to pay for coffee. Either instant (which I don't know where does its beans come from) or Rio minas sourced Turkish coffee.

A well extracted freshly brewed filter coffee, espresso or turkish coffee gives me a very strong feeling of wellbeing and warmth, I don't get that same effect from instant coffee, not even expensive ones.

I can agree. I get same effects from Turkish coffee. But it is (Idk about espresso) because its lipid content rather than nutritions?

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