For some reason I think of it as an older concept. Now Starbucks and coffee chains are popular.
Seinfeld on instant coffee https://youtu.be/uDrh5pujB9I?si=VdlVEREjMTNd2Bs7
Highlighting carlcook’s advice:
dissolve in cold water, ONLY THEN add hot water. The rationale behind it is that aromatics evaporate too quickly when the instant powder is infused with too/boiling hot water.
I did the same for a long time. Now I find the histamine bomb from instant coffee just makes me feel terrible so I grind coffee with a hand mill and use an aeropress if I’m making a cup in the middle of the night.
Is this a you thing or have I not been drinking coffee long enough? Is there a science behind it but I don’t understand? I just googled and found a bunch of stuff about coffee having histamine but most of the sites are less than authoritative. The NCBI article I found (I only skimmed a little) seemed non coffee specific but interesting. Gonna save to read later.
It’s a me thing but it’s fairly common in Europe as well. I’ve had histamine issues since my 20s but they got much worse in my late 30s so I’m careful about which coffees I drink now. Chocolate gets me too so I don’t eat much of it anymore. Both reactions are much worse during allergy season when my histamine is already high, during the winter I tolerate both much better.
Like, not asking for medical advice but does taking antihistamines help? I’ve just been on monteleukast recently and also started drinking coffee recently. I’m curious if it’s something worth bringing up with my MD next visit. I live in a pollen bowl tho so I’m not sure it has anything to do with the coffee my nasals were just kinda clogged for 10 years before I did anything about it.
I wouldn’t worry about it unless you’re already having similar issues. If you drink a cup of coffee and get suddenly tired, congested or physically sore then I’d bring it up with your doctor. This didn’t start happening to me until my late 30s, and only when I drink particularly high histamine coffees, I don’t think it’s a common reaction.
Antihistamines help a little but I usually have to reach for something like Benadryl which leaves me exhausted (not usually what I want after a coffee) so I’ve just gravitated to safer coffees. High doses of DAO enzyme seem to do a slightly better job but I’d rather just avoid the attack in the first place when possible.
Again, it’s probably not something you need to worry about unless you start having histamine reactions to tea, coffee or chocolate. I’m just particularly sensitive to all of them.