why do you love coffee?

@st3ph_17 (146)
Philippines
February 22, 2008 1:11am CST
Apparently everyone likes to drink coffee.. especially with the emergence of Starbucks, Seattle's Best, etc.. But I don't like coffee.. I'm 23 years old and I have drank coffee twice in my life and absolutely hated it the first time around . I just drank it because I didn't want to reject the thoughtfulness of the person who made it. Anyway, anyone here who doesn't drink coffee? anyone who loves coffee and care to "convert" me to a coffee drinker?
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@hmike_d (1529)
• Philippines
22 Feb 08
coffee beans, health values - coffee beans, caffeine
Like so many of the beverages we enjoy today, coffee was once prescribed as a tonic for what ails you... and provided that what ails you is a lack of alertness or a sour mood, it's good on its promise. Let's leave patent medicines and snake-oil salesmen aside for the moment, though, and ask: is coffee good for you?The answer is yes!Coffee has been a frequent subject of scrutiny by the medical community... perhaps because it's so widely consumed, yet offers no apparent nutritive value. Or, maybe doctors are just looking for a really good cup of coffee. Despite some 40-50 years of study, the medical field has yet to draw a direct correlation between moderate consumption of coffee and any medical disease or chronic health condition. Studies that have suggested worrisome links between coffee consumption and reproductive health, for example, have been put to rest by subsequent studies — larger, and more thorough — that have exonerated our favorite beverage. More recent studies by the medical science community are now finding numerous positive benefits of moderate coffee consumption. These studies suggest that drinking coffee may reduce risks of colon cancer and liver cancer; cirrhosis of the liver; may reduce the risk of Parkinson's Disease and the onset of diabetes. More, brewed coffee has been found to have 3 to 4 times the amount of cancer-fighting anti-oxidants as green tea. Further, coffee can prevent or reduce the likelihood of developing gallstones, even prevent cavities. ==adopted from http://www.cobblestonecoffee.com/content-21-7065.html
@st3ph_17 (146)
• Philippines
23 Feb 08
Wow it's the first time that I have heard of the benefits of drinking cofee. But as you mentioned, it should be a moderate consumption of coffee. What is moderate? How many cups a day would that be? Some people drink it like water and obviously that will be bad for them.
@Dasari100 (3791)
• Anantapur, India
22 Feb 08
Hai this is rajesh from india, i dont like tea, coffee another things insted of coffee and tea i will prefer to drink fruit jucess it gives sound health. is it correct? what do you think. i would like ask this question total my lot members. this is valuble question asked above friend. ok freind give me reply i will wait for your reply.
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@st3ph_17 (146)
• Philippines
22 Feb 08
Yes i think fresh fruit juices are healthier than tea and coffee because tea and coffee has caffeine. Tetrapak fruit juice might not be as healthy though because of all the preservatives.
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• Canada
23 Feb 08
I absolutely love a good cup of coffee. I would go nuts without my coffee. My husband and I both love coffee. I love the taste of it, the smell of it, and I love adding whipped cream and chocolate to my cofee.
@st3ph_17 (146)
• Philippines
23 Feb 08
I actually have been tempted with the whipped cream and chocolate on top. But when I took a sip, it was bitter and I don't like anything bitter. haha!
@emrald1 (48)
• India
23 Feb 08
hey, i love coffee more than tea or juice in the morning. i love coffee in both the forms cold or hot. with or without cream, chocolate etc.. i love coffee... Believe me you will like it , just try and develope the taste for it, there is so many ways of having it...
@st3ph_17 (146)
• Philippines
23 Feb 08
Yes, I believe it is an acquired taste. I probably need to put lots of sugar and chocolate in it to make it really sweet and not taste bitter. I also don't like coffee jelly or other coffee based products.