Oh god, I like Colombian coffee. Excuse me while I retch.
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KickMeElmo@sopuli.xyz 6 months ago
As someone with a shrimp allergy, I have to be careful with my coffee too. Certain regions, such as Colombia, are notorious for high cockroach content in their coffee.
ickplant@lemmy.world 6 months ago
FancyPantsFIRE@lemm.ee 6 months ago
I’ll have you know roachfee is a sustainable alternative to pure coffee. /s
More seriously it looks like this is primarily based on anecdotes and was directed at ground coffee vs whole beans.
Gork@lemm.ee 6 months ago
At the time of his 2009 interview, Emlen also said that U.S. standards allowed for coffee beans to contain up to 10% “insect filth and insects” — a fact that has been somewhat misrepresented. According to guidance issued by the FDA, an average of 10% or more of green coffee beans were found to be insect-infested, which included beans damaged by insects or mold.
That isn’t super encouraging that the standard is less than 10% any matter that isn’t coffee, including insect parts.
FancyPantsFIRE@lemm.ee 6 months ago
You’re not going to be encouraged by everything else they allow.
Though I think (anyone feel free to jump in if I’ve got it wrong) that the coffee limits are not 10% non-coffee matter by weight but rather 10% of beans demonstrating insect damage/infestation/mold. This is not exactly reassuring, but it’s almost certainly far less insects than 10% of your coffee bag’s weight being ground up buggies. You can read about the FDA’s coffee analysis process which is interesting, if somewhat opaque.
capt_wolf@lemmy.world 6 months ago
As an avid coffee drinker… WHAT THE FUCK!?
Apeman42@lemmy.world 6 months ago
And now I’m even more glad that I buy whole bean rather than ground coffee.
aport@programming.dev 6 months ago
I buy whole bean then toss in a roach or two so I get the full experience, fresh right in my kitchen.
darvocet@infosec.pub 6 months ago
This is really cool, so you use only local roaches? That’s my issue with packaged coffee - the roaches are usually from Argentina or something and i try to buy American as much as possible.
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
I prefer single origin, not a blend, so I order my coffee and my roaches from the same region in colombiay