Quote Originally Posted by koolhandk View Post
snip... I do have a question though, what info do you have on these "increased health risks" of the french press?
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None, first I've heard of it. I also didn't know coffee affects LDL cholesterol in a bad way. I'm not sure I believe that though. I know everyone is different, but I go through ~ 1-1/2 lbs of beans a week and my blood reports are basically "Model" (in my doctor's words).

One thing I do know is that while there's virtually no calories in black coffee, it's very bad for a diet. Some how, the body recognizes the caffeine as an artificial stimulant and hoards fat, and in fact, prevents itself from normal "fat burning processes".

Oh yeah and I love espresso too, it is always funny when you talk about drinking espresso or espresso based drinks and people react like "you're hardcore" everyone thinks that espresso is the hard liquor of the coffee world, when in reality a cup of coffee can sometimes have more caffeine than 2 to 3 shots of espresso.
LOL, I find the same thing. People say to me "You drink how many Espressos a day??"