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trollbridge 7 hours ago

Coffee, like other beans, is loaded to the hilt with antioxidants, particularly once it’s hyper-concentrated, and the roasting and brewing process eliminates all the mechanisms beans normally use to avoid animals wanting to eat them.

throawayonthe 7 hours ago | parent [-]

- coffee seeds are not actually 'beans'

- caffeine is the main mechanism it uses to deter pests like insects, definitely not removed in the roasting and brewing process

- like many fruits, they're sweet and nutritious, encouraging larger animals to eat it

- the stuff marketed as dietary antioxidants still hasn't been shown to improve anything

what are you talking about