How to drink your coffee for maximum health benefits, now that doctors confirm a few cups a day can do you good
The type of coffee you choose and how you prepare it determines how much of its proven health benefits you gain; filter coffee lightly roasted, drunk black and unsweetened, may be your best bet
Does the type of coffee you drink affect your health?
The short answer: yes
Vanessa Lee loves her coffee. The assistant coffee trainer from The Coffee Academics, which operates speciality coffee shops in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing and Singapore, usually enjoys hers black and without sugar.
“For maximum flavour, I go for beans that have been lightly roasted,” she says. “And I like filter coffee, because the paper filter absorbs most of the coffee oil, [including the compounds cafestol and kahweol, which raise cholesterol levels] resulting in a healthier cup.”
Lee, who trains baristas, conducts coffee science research and is involved with drink and product development, consumes one cup of black filter coffee a day.
