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Café culture is big business
and according to Australian beverages council
coffee consumption makes up most of a person's weekly caffeine intake.
But it's not all about caffeine when it comes to coffee.
So let's find out more about this ancient berry.
So Joseph tell me how you go about creating the perfect coffee blend.
It's an interesting question George.
We source beans from all around the world.
Each origin has different characteristics.
You might get beans from Brazil that have a really, really strong body,
or coffee from Columbia that's got really good flavors and acidity.
If we try to have a coffee that was just from one origin
you might find that the acidity is really high, or its bitterness.
So it might be not as pleasant, whereas if you create that balance of beans
and put them together then you get a really, really good balance and complex flavor.
I have one a day usually after the gym
Three a day.
I have one at nine o'clock.
A maximum of two.
One at lunchtime, and then one as a pick me up in the afternoon.
So how much caffeine is in a coffee blend?
And does the type of bean affect that?
There are two distinct types, which is the Robusta, and the Arabica.
Now we use the Arabica here because it's a better quality bean.
Arabica beans have more of the flavors, and the sugars,
and the oils that we wanna try to get out of the coffee.
They've got lower caffeine content
and they're probably better for you because they're not as harsh.
Does the amount of caffeine
can you taste it
in terms of the flavor?
Not necessarily, it doesn't change the flavor.
It all depends on the way it's processed though.
If you've got espresso beans then you're gonna have a better flavor in the coffee,
but the beans that you use for an instant coffee normally comes from a cheaper quality bean.
So already it's got the high caffeine content.
What they also do is the freeze-dry it so it dissolves in water
and that's why you lose the flavor.
I think coffee's pretty bad for me, but I drink it anyway.
I understand it lowers your blood pressure.
I think coffees good for me.
I think it might be a bit bad for me.
I don't think coffee's bad for you.
I guess it depends on how many you have a day.
Ginni what are the benefits of coffee?
So many benefits George.
Number one it tastes awesome
good kick-start to your day.
Number two: It does have a whole heap of long term health benefits
and everyone tells me they're detoxing off coffee
wrong it's so good for you.
Pretty much more is more.
Up to about 6 coffees a day
the less likely you are to get depression
and that pretty much follows through with dementia, risk of breast cancer, diabetes, liver cancer, Parkinson's disease, risk of stroke.
And that's your personal experience.
You'd get some fantastic benefits in an athletic sense as well.
Yeah exactly, and we've got study evidence to back that up.
So we know that having coffee before you do a work out
you get more out of your workout, but also academically, really good for the brain.
So if you're sitting an exam have a bit of a coffee before your exam.
You're gonna retain facts better.
Well you hear the good and bad things about caffeine.
What are the facts?
Okay so caffeine is the stuff that's inside the coffee
and it's probably not what is responsible for all the health benefits of coffee
and some people can't cope with caffeine at all
so give you a coffee and trembling, and shaking.
If that's you sorry
but I guess you're gonna have to go decaf.
It's not about the caffeine
it's about the antioxidants in the coffee bean.
So the good news is you don't need to ditch your daily coffee fix,
but it's more about controlling your caffeine intake.
Oh thank you.
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