Agent Palmer

You may be asking yourself “why 95?” That’s because, since these are all quotes about Coffee and the average 8oz cup of coffee contains 95mg of caffeine, it seemed like a good fit.

There are a lot of ways to brew coffee, but my Mr. Coffee 5-Cup Automatic Drip machine is a workhorse. At times when I’m in dire need, sure I’ll brew two pots, but it has honorably served me well… So how can I, or you, better serve our automatic drip coffee machines, to get a better cup of coffee?

A Google search for “coffee myths” returns about 14,200,000 results. And now, I will add to those results by debunking 13 of the most common myths.

From the usual sugars and various creams; to eggs, cheese, and booze, coffee drinkers from around the globe have their own special way of making magic in a cup with their coffee.

Coffee has a rich, bold history, with all the ingredients of a well-produced premium cable miniseries: kings, spies, pirates, lovers, religion, politics, and war.

Over the years, its advocates and acolytes have called it “koffie,” “kahve,” “qahwah,” “quwwa,” “kaafa,” and “cafe,” and the path it took to your kitchen counter is rife with treachery, battles, seduction, and dumb luck.