The chemistry of cold-brew coffee is so hot (2020)

Re:The chemistry of cold-brew coffee is so hot (2020) by jillesvangurp on Friday February 25, 2022 @09:20PM (#30474744)

If you are more into tea, cold brew tea is also a thing and very nice. This actually works with most varieties of tea but is especially nice with white or green tea. Rooibos is also a nice one to try. Simply steep a jug of cold water with some tea in the fridge and leave it for 12 hours or so. Very refreshing and it typically has a sweeter/less bitter taste than normal tea. I don't add any sugar/honey so it's healthy too. But of course you can if you want.

I also drink coffee sometimes but mostly green tea these days. I get my tea from a Pakistani supermarket in Berlin that sells it in bricks of half a kilo. I drink about a liter of that in the morning. When I drink coffee, it's mostly at nice coffee shops. We're very spoiled with those in Berlin.

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Re:The chemistry of cold-brew coffee is so hot (2020) by willcipriano on Friday February 25, 2022 @10:10PM (#30474954)

I've always seen it done at room temp and called sun tea.

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Re:The chemistry of cold-brew coffee is so hot (2020) by hluska on Saturday February 26, 2022 @01:08AM (#30475529)

My French Canadian grandmother made:

- Sun tea (room temperature and during the day).

- Moon tea (room temperature and during the night).

- Fridge tea (refrigerated).

She passed away over thirty years ago so do with this what you will, but I’m convinced I could tell the difference. Who knows though.

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Re:The chemistry of cold-brew coffee is so hot (2020) by Aloha on Saturday February 26, 2022 @02:35AM (#30475842)

I make sun tea too, but it involves.. the sun, on my back porch.

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Re:The chemistry of cold-brew coffee is so hot (2020) by zionic on Friday February 25, 2022 @10:20PM (#30474993)

Aren’t you concerned about the high fluoride and heavy metal content?

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/322924754_Green_Tea...

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Re:The chemistry of cold-brew coffee is so hot (2020) by nighthawk454 on Friday February 25, 2022 @10:46PM (#30475094)

No? To be honest this is the first I'm hearing of this. This paper reads like a loose collection of tea-adjacent statements vaguely cited - doesn't particularly inspire confidence in any kind of 'conclusion'.

A cursory glance at a few other sources suggests you'd have to consume on the order of 10,000 times the amount in a glass of tea to get adverse effects. Seems about as toxic as caffeine.

> ...drinking of the studied green teas cannot make a significant contribution to the daily dietary intake of F for consumers.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/labs/pmc/articles/PMC4811265/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33350950/

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Re:The chemistry of cold-brew coffee is so hot (2020) by refurb on Saturday February 26, 2022 @04:27AM (#30476315)

"Fluoride is a chemical castration agent..."

Yeah, gonna guess that's not a reputable publication.

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Re:The chemistry of cold-brew coffee is so hot (2020) by forgotmyoldacc on Saturday February 26, 2022 @12:59AM (#30475499)

The paper you've linked seems to be written by a crackpot with no training in biology, nor was the paper published in any journal, much less a reputable biology/medical one.

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Re:The chemistry of cold-brew coffee is so hot (2020) by nkozyra on Friday February 25, 2022 @11:31PM (#30475221)

You have to drink a lot of older tea leaves from specific areas to have any real concerns about this.

Gunpowder green tea is a common version that carries more F than others but most casual drinkers will never come near levels to cause physical concerns.

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Re:The chemistry of cold-brew coffee is so hot (2020) by copperx on Saturday February 26, 2022 @01:23PM (#30480203)

Yes, fluoride and acrylamide are the reasons I avoid tea and coffee. You can replace tea with water and lemon, and coffee with modafinil.

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Re:The chemistry of cold-brew coffee is so hot (2020) by selimthegrim on Friday February 25, 2022 @09:34PM (#30474796)

What brand do you buy from the supermarket?

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