Which is healthier, cold coffee or hot coffee?

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Many people are used to drinking coffee every day, but in summer, drinking a cup of hot coffee poured for you becomes a drudgery. Before the coffee is finished, the body temperature has risen even higher. Frozen coffee? Ice is easy to dilute the strong texture of coffee. If you want to have the best of both worlds, maybe you can try cold brew coffee instead. It tastes cool and retains the original flavor of the coffee, and cold extraction has more unexpected health benefits than hot coffee.

Drinking coffee is good for you.

Frank Hu, a professor at the Harvard School of Public Health, pointed out that drinking coffee can reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, heart disease, depression and neurodegenerative diseases, and help improve cognitive ability. The researchers believe this is related to the high levels of antioxidants, polyphenols and minerals in coffee.

Hot and cold coffee has the same nutrition.

However, if the way of making coffee is different, will it destroy the nutrition? The professor pointed out that coffee, whether hot or cold extraction, will not change the bioactive compounds (Bioactive Compounds). In other words, the nutrition and benefits mentioned above can be maintained under cold extraction. In addition, cold-extracted coffee has its unique benefits.

Low acidity

General coffee after hot water brewing, its acidity is higher, need to add more polysaccharides and milk to cover the sour taste. On the contrary, cold-extracted coffee is soaked in ice water and tastes sweeter without any heating. Lower acidity not only makes it taste better, but is also good for your health. When drinking cold coffee, you add less sugar and milk, which reduces calories. At the same time, foods with high acidity are not conducive to the operation of the digestive system, so cold-extracted coffee has a lighter burden on the stomach and intestines.

High caffeine concentration

Because the brewing ratio of coffee to water is more concentrated in cold-extracted coffee, it has a higher caffeine concentration than ordinary coffee. For those who want to refresh themselves with coffee, cold-extracted coffee may be more suitable for you. However, the professor warned that drinking cold coffee in the evening is easy to disrupt sleep, and people who are sensitive to caffeine should pay more attention to the amount when drinking it.

Coffee brings not only health, but also the leisure mood when taking a sip, but the high temperature in summer makes it difficult to fully enjoy it. If you can, try a sip of cold coffee today.