Top 10 coffee myths

By My Nassau Sun

Dark roasted coffee has more caffeine than light and medium roasts. It is actually the opposite. The lighter roasts have the most caffeine. At the higher temperatures for the dark roasts many of the nuances of the coffee are burnt off, including caffeine. If you want a kick in the morning ask for the lighter roasts. If you want a major kick in the morning tell your barista you are in a hurry and call her "sweetie."

"The doctor says I need to lay off of caffeine because the acids eat at my tummy." The culprits of acid stomach are di-caffeinol and tannic acids. The culprit di-caffeinol is not roasted out until the bean goes through what is called "the second crack." If the color of the coffee is mahogany or darker, it probably has been in the roaster long enough to burn off the di-caffeinol. The color test is safer than asking your coffee purveyor if their coffee has gone through its second crack. The other culprit, tannic acid, comes from brewing cheap or stale coffee.

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