What is found in what others call "coffee"
I have always known that there are some people in the coffee industry that are so close to highway robbers that I am embarrassed to be a be of the same humanoid type. I have heard of people roasting their coffee beans then spraying them with water, I had never considered what is in ground (yuk) coffee, and even worse the instant coffee (puke).
List of adulterants found in coffee
Here is a list of items used and still used in coffee that is being sold at many retail outlets:
- almonds
- arrowhead
- asparagus seeds and stalks
- baked horse liver
- barberries
- barley
- beechmast
- beetroot
- box seeds
- bracken
- bran
- bread crusts
- brewery waste
- brick dust
- burnt rags
- burrs
- carob beans
- carrot
- chickpeas
- chicory
- chrysanthemum seeds
- cloves
- coal ashes
- cocoa shells
- comfrey roots
- cranberries
- currants
- hahlia tubers
- dandelion roots
- date seeds
- dirt
- dog biscuits
- elderberries
- figs
- gherkins
- gooseberries
- haws
- hips
- holly berries
- horse chestnuts
- Jerusalem artichockes
- juniper berries
- kola nuts
- lentils
- linseed
- lupine
- malt
- mesquite
- monkey nuts
- mulberries
- parsnips
- pea hulls
- pumpkin seeds
- quaker-grass roots
- rice
- rye
- rowan berries
- sand
- sassafras
- sawdust
- sloes
- sunflower seeds
- swedes
- turnips
- vetch
- wheat
- whey
- wood chips
Sources, Ineedcoffe and Uncommon Grounds
Even more reason to look at making sure you drink you
coffee in bean form, fresh from the roaster.
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