{"id":50009,"date":"2014-01-16T20:08:38","date_gmt":"2014-01-17T01:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbach.net\/blog\/index.php\/"},"modified":"2021-08-14T19:35:03","modified_gmt":"2021-08-14T23:35:03","slug":"whats-in-your-cup-of-coffee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/whats-in-your-cup-of-coffee\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s in Your Cup of Coffee?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"What'sHave you ever wondered what gives coffee<\/a><\/strong> its distinctive odor? Mental Floss<\/em><\/a> asks<\/a> what about those chemicals in coffee that aren’t caffeine<\/strong> — what are they, and what do they do? They pointed us to this video<\/a> from Wired<\/em><\/a>, which provides a breakdown of what’s in a typical cup of coffee<\/strong>…and why good things sometimes come in small doses.<\/p>\n

\"compounds<\/a>Apparently, the water used to brew coffee makes up more than 98 percent of each cup. It is the other 2% of your morning brew where things get interesting. According to the video, “some of the compounds in coffee would be pretty repulsive if they were present in higher concentrations.” These include:<\/p>\n