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eti:

--- Quote from: Bud on September 03, 2020, 10:42:30 pm ---Decaf has its place for people with heart conditions. And there is more people buy it than you may think.

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I get that, and I'll drink some myself, on rare occasion. I mean as a recreational drink for the masses, it's pretty much as worthwhile as drinking coloured water, but yes it's better than nothing if you have health issues. But then, unless it's the "Swiss water process" I don't see much health in the solvent-based decaffeination process, ugh.

Hey, I'm far from a coffee snob, save to say that I'll draw the line at buying own-brand supermarket instant junk (and DEFINITELY avoid Aldi/Lidl stocked stuff - may as well drink muddy water).

Lavazza instant is very nice, Nescafé is pretty nice too, and Lavazza beans are lush, "Qualita Rossa" are 1Kg/~£12 online, and also Amazon's own "Solimo" beans turned out to be the only ones I had left in my cupboard, recently, so I gave those a second chance, having told myself "any port in a storm" when my Lavazza (and money!) ran out.

I lowered my expectations, and told myself not to be such a picky snob, and my brain fell for it, they're not too bad **if you have no choice**

I'd never CHOOSE Solimo over anything, but they're fine when you tell yourself "it's these or nothing", and I don't plan to waste the 2Kg of beans Amazon told me to keep, gratis, I don't like waste.

SpecialK:
I use a Melitta Joe pour over.  Am I the only one?  Melitta coffee is also very good.

David Hess:

--- Quote from: Kasper on September 03, 2020, 03:54:35 pm ---I've heard this is because migraines happen when blood vessels are enlarged and caffeine constricts blood vessels.  That constriction helps stop headaches for some people but for others the overshoot when the caffeine wears off causes enlarged blood vessels and headaches.
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It is easy enough to show that is not the case; coffee now gives me a migraine but *not* caffeine by itself, and I was careful to distinguish them in my post.  My other very reliable migraine triggers are red wine and Champaign, but not other alcoholic beverages.

The other problem with your hypothesis is the relationship between migraine headaches and scintillating scotomas.  They may occur separately or together but both have the same cause which brings up the question of how to distinguish a migraine from just a bad headache; in my case, a migraine or scintillating scotoma is followed by a mildly unpleasant feeling of euphoria.  Migraines are not just bad headaches; they are different in kind and not scale.

The thing which baffles me is why I became sensitive to coffee over a period of decades, while wine or Champaign was always a trigger.  What changed?  Or was age enough?

My favorite coffee was Trader Joe's Bay Blend through a coffee press.  My favorite coffee shop coffee was a mocha from Diedrich Coffee (Southern California) before they were replaced with Starbucks' trash.  Why would a coffee shop go to all of the effort of making a mocha, and then not put real whipped cream on it?

25 CPS:
If this could be considered coffee.  I'm suffering through a cup of swill at Tim Hortons doing the work from home or wherever thing from my laptop while the car's oil is getting changed.  Actually, on that note, maybe the Tim Hortons is selling the waste oil from the garage and calling it coffee?  That would explain a lot.

So, coffee.  Yes.  But not instant, not Tim Hortons unless it can't be avoided, not Starbucks unless it can't be avoided.

David Hess:
I always liked the coffee from McDonald's and Duncan Donuts the few times I had it; I suspect it was too mild for real coffee lovers though.  Instant coffee like Taster's Choice is also mild in comparison.

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