alt Hacker NewsCoffee, like other beans, is loaded to the hilt with antioxidants, particularly once it’s hyper-concentrated, and the roasting and brewing process eliminates all the mechanisms beans normally use to avoid animals wanting to eat them.
Coffee, like other beans, is loaded to the hilt with antioxidants, particularly once it’s hyper-concentrated, and the roasting and brewing process eliminates all the mechanisms beans normally use to avoid animals wanting to eat them.
- coffee seeds are not actually 'beans'
- caffeine is the main mechanism it uses to deter pests like insects, definitely not removed in the roasting and brewing process
- like many fruits, they're sweet and nutritious, encouraging larger animals to eat it
- the stuff marketed as dietary antioxidants still hasn't been shown to improve anything
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