Does Your Coffee Have Dirt In It?

yahoo.com ^ | August 11, 2014 | Rachel Tepper

[grundle]

There may be something extra lurking in your morning cup of joe, and it’s not fairy dust. A new report reveals that due to recent coffee shortages, producers may be turning to finely ground fillers such as wood, husks, whole coffee berries, and even clumps of earth to compensate for the lost beans.

Once roasted and ground, these fillers resemble coffee, which makes it difficult to visually confirm a coffee blend’s contents. Even more troubling, ”normal people can’t taste [the difference],” research team leader Suzana Lucy Nixdorf told us via email.

Other common filler ingredients (detailed in the graphic below) include wheat, soybeans, and corn, the taste of which are even more difficult to detect. “Corn is very common because it tastes sweet, and people don’t perceive the added sugar. The same [goes] for brown sugar,” Nixdorf emailed. ”That is why we need a method [that’s] very sensible and not subjective [to determine] if the coffee is pure or not.”

[grundle]

Of course it has dirt in it! It was just ground this morning!

[2ndDivisionVet]

What's old is new again.

[ansel12]

I’m switching from fresh ground coffee beans to instant, for me, it is cheaper.

[doc1019]

Who cares. As long as my coffee tastes the same and gives me the boost I need ... who cares. I have yet to hear of anyone dying from any “dirt” in their coffee.

[South40]

Many coffees have anything they can find to put in it. That’s why it’s a good idea to grind your own.

[Celtic Conservative]

Of course it has dirt in it! It was just ground this morning!

((rimshot))

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[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Are we talking about Starbucks? Because I have detected the possibility of ‘charred excrement’ in their overpriced, overly-hyped, trendy, hipster excuse for ‘coffee’.

[ArmyTeach]

Anyone have any info on Keurig coffees?

[Olog-hai]

The MSM trying to push Postum on us?

[2ndDivisionVet]

This is what we use. $29.99

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

We have the machine and look for the ‘pods’ that are marked down. My particular fave is Kroger’s ‘Mountain Blend’.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Keep in mind tbat the coffee is much stronger than regular brewed in the pot. I only can drink two a day.

[Species8472]

I buy green beans and roast my own.

The rest of it is crap.

Sweet Marias

[Technical Editor]

I grind beans at my local Italian deli. Chocolate Raspberry coffee and Moca Java from Barrie House. Yummy.

[Species8472]

Try Again: Sweet Marias

[OneWingedShark]

Who cares. As long as my coffee tastes the same and gives me the boost I need ... who cares. I have yet to hear of anyone dying from any “dirt” in their coffee.

If wood is used then there's a possibility it was treated wood, which probably won't be doing anything good for your health.

[dalereed]

According to the FDA it can have 4% rat turds!

[smokingfrog]

Sure, but when you die from the wood preservative, you won’t need to be embalmed, so think how much money you’ll save.

[Salvation]

[RginTN]

As a child who hasn’t been dared to eat a little dirt...