Welcome Ray... real good to see you here! Could you please expand on the "depending on brewing method"... I drink about 2 cup of Turkish coffee a day [black no sugar with a pinch of cardamom]... might be naughty but it's nice :-) Dedy From: "Ray Audette" Sent: 07 February 2010 06:26 I would worry more about the acrylamides inherent in roasting any starch such as that found in coffee berries ( called beans because they are not really edible raw - like most legumes). Secondly, depending on brewing method, I would worry about cafestrol which causes very high cholesterol levels such as those experienced by Stefansson when he drank boiled coffee during his all meat studies in New York. Ray Audette