coffee and health Archives - Baristador Coffee

Slave To Coffee No More: How I Cut Down From 8 Espressos A Day To 1

by Steve Davis | Jun 4, 2023 | coffee and health

I love a good espresso but I can proudly say I am a slave to coffee no more, thanks to a bad coffee machine at a holiday house and my discovery of celery. Yes, this is not the typical article you’d expect to read from someone running a coffee business but...

Breakfast coffee – The art and science of intermittent fasting with Dr James Muecke AM

by Steve Davis | Nov 2, 2021 | coffee and health

Recently, on The Adelaide Show Podcast, I shared a breakfast coffee with Dr James Muecke AM, former Australian Of The Year and Opthamologist, ahead of our discussion about sugar in our diet and the virtues of intermittent fasting. Intermittent fasting is when you...

7 sips of coffee:

by Steve Davis | Oct 9, 2016 | coffee and health, drinking coffee, making coffee

This is the final of seven guest blog posts about coffee. Baristador Coffee cannot vouch directly for the accuracy of Ms Poole’s work but much of it does marry with documentation cited elsewhere. Many thanks to Project Gutenberg for making this guest blogging...

I love caffeine but caffeine doesn’t love me: Seth Godin understands the need for Baristador

by Steve Davis | Jan 25, 2015 | coffee and health, drinking coffee, lowering caffeine

When we move past the bravado of coffee being all about caffeine. When we evolve to the stage of seeking out and enjoying the flavour of coffee oils espressed through water forming a shot of espresso of just the right body, flavour and richness. When we can recline,...

After dinner coffee is once again a thing

by Steve Davis | Mar 23, 2014 | B01, B30, coffee and health, drinking coffee, lowering caffeine

I have recently begun feeling like a coffee after dinner. This has not been a practice of mine for a long time because I’ve lived by the mantra of three coffees a day, and all before noon. However, recently I was offered some at a dinner party and...

Is coffee the secret exam weapon?

by Steve Davis | Jan 31, 2014 | B30, B70, coffee and health, drinking coffee, lowering caffeine

My Baristador world is in a little turmoil following a report from The Naked Scientists that caffeine has been shown to boost memory. While I still hold the opinion that over consumption of caffeine or blind reliance on it is unhealthy, I must yield to new knowledge...