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[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 32 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Ah btw, ground coffee literally has ground bugs in it. To the point, that some people get allergic to it.

[-] rumba@lemmy.zip 34 points 4 months ago

Everything we eat has allowable amounts of bugs, it's everwhere.

[-] LorIps@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

High Protein Coffee

[-] rumba@lemmy.zip 7 points 4 months ago

at some point, we'll probably be eating bug flour on purpose for sustainability reasons

[-] moseschrute@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

When do the bugs enter the coffee, and does me grinding my own coffee change anything?

[-] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 13 points 4 months ago

Its specifically cockroaches they are talking about and ground coffee. If you grind your own beans and don't see any cockroaches or bugs, then your coffee is roach free.

Humans get allergies to cockroaches really easy. Living in cockroach infested areas will eventually create allergies, people who handle cocraches get allergies, it's not a question of if it's a question of when.

So if you have developed cockroach allergies you risk going into anaphylactic shock if you go anywhere where ground coffee is in the air like a gas station or coffee shop. If you aren't griding your own beans, there is some roach in your bean soup.

[-] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

I had no idea allergies or cockroaches worked like that and I was better off beforehand.

[-] zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 months ago

That's like being allergic to Florida. The more I think about it, that's a healthy body response!

[-] Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 4 months ago

I've heard cockroach have a smell?

[-] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

No idea, they skeeve me out. Maybe they smell a bit like ground coffee.

I mean I personally haven't smelled one. One of my elementary teachers had a bunch of them though and they do smell. Just never went up to take a whiff.

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 months ago

I forgot some details, but there were articles about it years ago, can just google it. And as far as i remember, bean coffee (self-ground or automat) has way less bugs.

[-] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 2 points 4 months ago

Yum!

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