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Coffee

Anyone else use a Bialetti? On a hot plate. This is what I use everyday, and I choose a little one, a medium one, or a large one, depending on who's around to share the brew. ( I use a Bialetti milk frother as well, but prefer to drink black with cream to reduce the carbs.) The little one makes 3 'coffee cups' of coffee, or 1 teacup size. I usually buy one of Sainsbury's South American varieties.
 

Yup, I have Moka Express I use occasionally. Love it.
 
Water decaffeinated, if I make it at home.
Americano decaff if I am out.
Always with cream and a little erythritol.
 
I gave up "proper" coffee years ago as it was apparently a potential migraine trigger. I used get the beans from a local health food shop and grind them myself After that I used to drink Kenco decaf for years but now have Douwe Egberts hazelnut decaf coffee. I was drinking this with Alpro hazelnut milk (which is sweetened unfortunately ) but now have it with a mix of almond milk and cream instead with a few drops of stevia.

Robbity

PS I've read at different times that normal coffee is bad for diabetics and decaf is beneficial, and vice versa, so I'm sticking with my migraine free decaf version.
 

I've also read that coffee is bad for diabetics BUT coffee, red wine, cheese, and nuts are what make this new chapter in my life livable with
 
I don't drink a lot of coffee, but when out and about, on days out, I take a flask of instant coffee, something like Gold Blend. I am a tea drinker and love my tea, but very rarely drink tea 'outside' as it's pretty disgusting. My coffee input is about 2 or 3 cups a month and definitely not first thing in the morning
 

Have never used one but it's a beautiful piece of kit...
 
I like a cup of tea first thing, then I drink Kenco decaf coffee during the day, with a cup of tea at tea-time and bed-time. Today, however, as I'm on holiday I had a decaf cappuccino- that will be my last, felt really sick afterwards, too much cream! I don't have a gall bladder, so I should have known better
 
There is no truth that coffee is bad for diabetics.
The milk, sugars and syrups often added are though.

I'm a T2 and usually drink espresso or espresso based drinks with milk - no sugar or additives

I limit the amount of milk I have and usually have somewhere between 30ml and 150mls (2-7 carbs) of full fat (blue top) milk depending on the type of drink I am making (piccolo through to a flat white)

At these quantities (having tested extensively) they have no effect on my BG (no spikes at all)

I used to enjoy a pain au chocolate or slice of cake when visiting coffeeshops... but this is firmly a thing of the past (unless I am doing a café stop when out cycling)

In case anyone is interested in learning more about coffee my site Coffee Forums UK might be useful.
 
I am absolutely certain that coffee is not good for me. Doesn't matter whether it affects my BG or not.

Any drink that gives me the shakes (if taken on an empty stomach), can keep me awake 12-18 hours after I drank it, is processed with chemicals (chemical decaff) and may contain toxic fungi that is roasted and ground with the beans (depending on brand), is not IMO good for me.

Doesn't stop me drinking it though - but I limit it to one large, or two small a day.
 
Have you tried Swiss Water decaf?

There are 2 main decaffeination methods. The one that uses chemicals has been known to affect some people for sure.

What toxic fungi are you referring to?

Some people are caffeine intolerant, so don't rule that out.
 
I always buy water decaf, and Costa and Cafe Nero use the CO2 to decaffeinate their coffee, so I will drink them. But even decaff coffee is not caff free. It would be more accurate to call it 'nearly decaffeinated'.

The fungus is sometimes present in the piles of coffee beans in the warehouses they are stored in, just like hay can have mould growing in it in barns. The bigger and fair trade brands seem to give me the shakes worse, but of course do not know which of the 300+ chemicals, contaminents, fertilisers, etc, may be causing it. I tend to find single estate coffee to have less of all the harmful effects, and willingly pay the premium.

I have known that I do not tolerate coffee well for years - as mentioned, shakes, sleeplessness, etc.
Doesn't stop me drinking 1-2 cups a day though.
But I know it is not good for me.
 
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I've always got on well with coffee, even when, as a teenager, I used to drink Maxwell House instant with coffee mate. In fact I used to make a pretty evil (and annoying for others) potion where I mixed instant coffee with a teaspoon of sugar and coffee mate until it was pale, (very noisy operation) and then poured on boiling water. Not recommended obviously.
My OH says I've got 'cast iron guts' but that's just rude.
 
I greatly enjoy good coffee - I came to it in my early thirties when I discovered the joys of coffee without milk. I understand that there are a few people (Mrs P included) who find coffee has nasty effects on them. Poor Mrs P now responds badly to any caffeinated drink - getting the shivers and feeling quite miserable for a couple of hours. She enjoys decaff tea.

I enjoy black tea - I am not a devotee of milk in drinks. The curse of the Phlogistons is lactose intolerance. I am OK with cheese, and I do not think I am very intolerant. However, when I stopped having milk on cereal (in my cereal days) I found that the volume of intestinal gases I produced dropped markedly. The gases also reduced when I reduced the carbs - Mrs P regards this as a benefit of my condition.

My nicest coffee is made in a French Press. Good fair trade instant is OK for later in the day, decaff for the evening. Maxwell House (choice of my former school management for after school meetings) was not so much to my liking.

I am entertained when in coffee bars, I ask for an Americano or a black coffee and am asked if I want milk with it.
"It wouldn't be an Americano if it had milk".

Adam
 
Coffee...mmmmm.

Since I am in the US, the name brands won't help you much, but I am surrounded by some pretty fantastic local coffee roasting companies, so I buy from them. I buy the beans and grind them at home. I use a Cuisinart drip coffee maker.

I either drink my coffee with heavy cream or black. The only time I consider a SF sweetener, is if I make an iced or frozen coffee. Then, it is like dessert.
 

I have one of these (Moka Express) too. I use it to make a concentrated coffee to keep in the fridge for iced/frozen coffee or if I am just making myself a small pot in the afternoon.
 

We used to do that with Camp coffee (spit!) when we were kids, but without the coffeemate, just camp and sugar
 
First thing in the morning I use a Lyons Coffee bag with single cream and a little xylitol, very nice. If I have a latte (very rare now!) I use Douwe Egberts Pure Indulgence instant coffee.
I do have a cafetiere, and have some Douwe Egberts cafetiere blend coffee in the cupboard, unopened and forgotten about! I really should use that in the morning but I've always had trouble getting the strength right in the cafetiere
 
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