The Contents of Greg Ingersoll's Brain

Have I mentioned before how much I love coffee? I started drinking it in high school and then regularly in college. And now I drink it every day.

About a year ago, I cut way back on coffee. I was drinking five or six cups of regular drip coffee each day. Then the stomach problems started. I don’t think they were caused by the coffee—doctors think it was stress-related—but the coffee certainly wasn’t helping. After not drinking any coffee for a while, I started drinking only very dark espresso based drinks.

Now I normally drink either a double espresso or an Americano (triple espresso diluted to 16 or so ounces with water). And I don’t put anything in it; no sugar, no cream. (I do enjoy a well-made dry cappuccino from time to time, but you can keep your flavored syrups and whipped cream and sprinkles and all that nonsense.)

The stomach problems are largely gone. Again, it’s probably due to other things in my life having changed, but there is apparently something to dark coffee. I recently saw this post from Wired (via Lifehacker). Check it out.

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