Mood:  caffeinated

More mysteries of teh life, teh universe, and teh everything are unlocked today...

Why is coffee bitter?... 

I've always wondered how a naturally-occurring pharmacy-in-the-ground, laden with xanthines and bearing a brittle, earthy shell that's burned in an oven before being ground up and filtered directly into a cup of really hot water could be so bitter... 

I also wondered why things fall down, too... until I turned seven, or so...

Eh, to be fair: the study actually goes ultra-deep into not just WHY the stuff is bitter, but how it exactly becomes so (so its analogous to finding out why things really fall down, which I personally didn't understand until... well... never, actually...)

They think that this research will make dark roasts more smooth.

In the meantime, Scientific Progress goes running for the nearest percolator...

Posted by shanekentknolltrey at 4:11 PM ADT

Share This Post

Permalink