Question is in the title, yo.
Question is in the title, yo.
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Does it even work that way? I mean, does the brewing do anything to the bean that would enhance the caffeine?
Like, if you eat tobacco, do you get your nicotine fix?
What if you just swallow them whole? cough cough...
6, if the beans are caffeinated. Decaf? More than 6.
I Dont Suck wrote:
Does it even work that way? I mean, does the brewing do anything to the bean that would enhance the caffeine?
Like, if you eat tobacco, do you get your nicotine fix?
Ever heard of chewing tobacco?
The brewing process doesn't "enhance" caffeine... it just takes it from the bean and dissolves it into the liquid, along with many other compounds. I imagine not all caffeine is extracted, so some percentage is left behind in the grounds.
16 oz of coffee would require about 16 grams of beans (~2 SCAA coffee scoops). It takes about 3 beans to make a gram, so your cup would need roughly 50 beans. You might get more caffeine from eating straight beans, so lets call it 40.
mountain legs johnson wrote:
Ever heard of chewing tobacco?
The brewing process doesn't "enhance" caffeine... it just takes it from the bean and dissolves it into the liquid, along with many other compounds. I imagine not all caffeine is extracted, so some percentage is left behind in the grounds.
16 oz of coffee would require about 16 grams of beans (~2 SCAA coffee scoops). It takes about 3 beans to make a gram, so your cup would need roughly 50 beans. You might get more caffeine from eating straight beans, so lets call it 40.
I understand that, but chewing tobacco is processed and contains additives. It is not straight leaves.
I was wondering if the body could process the caffeine in bean form, or if it would shoot straight through due to heavy fiber in the beans. I understand that the brewing process "takes it from the bean and dissolves it into the liquid, along with many other compounds," and was inquiring as to how that "enhanced" the body's ability to "accept" it and react to it...
I see what your saying. As far as I know, caffeine is fairly soluble, and would be absorbed by your body whether you drink coffee or eat straight beans. Caffeine is also lost during roasting, so dark roasts have less caffeine than light roasts. This is why people using coffee for enemas (Gerson therapy) use very light roasts to get more caffeine. You'd get more caffeine from green beans than from roasted beans, and more from roasted beans than from brewed coffee. Some caffeine is lost or left behind in each step, so the less "processed" the coffee, the more caffeine it will have, and your body will absorb it either way.
Instead of asking us to do your research, why don't you tell us?
Night Runner wrote:
Instead of asking us to do your research, why don't you tell us?
boy, society would grind to a halt if you were in charge of anything more than flipping burgers...
silly jokes aside, keep that vitriol to yourself. dude asked a question, other people answered, clearly not pissy about it... why make an issue when there isn't one?
I Dont Suck wrote:
Does it even work that way? I mean, does the brewing do anything to the bean that would enhance the caffeine?
Like, if you eat tobacco, do you get your nicotine fix?
I don't know about coffee beans (roasted or unroasted--don't think either way it's a good idea), but EATING tobacco will kill you. Eating fresh tobacco leaf or cured tobacco leaf is on the road to poisoning yourself. Tobacco is a nightshade plant and is basically a poison. Small amount, it will cause a serious heavy high, stomach burning, vomiting. Greater and greater amounts on the road to poisoning, etc. Don't try it. Cured tobacco leaf / fresh tobacco leaf consumption is NOT the same as chewing chewing tobacco.
About 20. Just remember that each bean contains about the same amount of caffeine as one ounce of brewed coffee. When you chew and swallow a bean you absorb almost all of the caffeine in it, about 6 mg per bean.
It takes about 100 beans to brew a 16 ounces of coffee. 100 beans contain about 600 mg caffeine. but the coffee will contain 100-200 mg of caffeine (depending on coffee type, roasting method, and brewing method and time), and the rest of the caffeine gets tossed in the coffee grounds.
If your beans are chocolate covered that adds about 1 mg per bean.
Trust me, I'm really a Doctor!