Is Coffee Good for You? (nytimes.com)

One day we’ll look back at our consumption of caffeine and think “what the fuck were we thinking.”

(February 2020)

Coffee in moderation is great. Although, I want to highlight coffee with milk/cream like lattes [1] etc can quickly add on lots of calories.

For coffee geeks out there who love brewing their fresh cup in the morning. I recommend watching alans adlers talk at CoffeeCon [2]. He goes into great detail on various techniques (percolation/immersion) and acid / oil levels of different types of beans/roast. You can fine tune brewing methods to get a much healthier version of coffee.

[1] Peets latte is 220cal (with whole milk) https://www.peets.com/products/caffe-latte

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkwcTNTkmBc

I’m a slow metabolizer of coffee so it seems I’m best off without