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Default What's in your coffee?


"modom (palindrome guy)" > wrote in message
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> Even if you put nothing else in it:
>
> http://www.wired.com/science/discove...7-10/st_coffee
>
> Quote of note: "Putrescine: Ever wonder what makes spoiled meat so
> poisonous? Here you go. Ptomaines like putrescine are produced when E.
> coli bacteria in the meat break down amino acids. Naturally present in
> coffee beans, it smells, as you might guess from the name, like
> Satan's outhouse."
> --
> modom


Well, that's a nice read with my morning cof --- oops, pardon me while I
stick my finger down my throat.

Felice