Do you have a reference/explanation to go along with the claim that
acidic foods cause illness? Orange juice, for example, is very acidic.

Sean


On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 10:02 AM, Matt Rhys-Roberts <matt@nu-ins.com> wrote:
> Richard Pytelewski wrote:
>> Russell:
>>
>> Interesting way to brew coffee. =A0A possible explanation for the "decre=
ased
>> acidity' is that the esters that we taste in coffee are degraded more
>> rapidly by increases in temperature and, the esters convert to weak orga=
nic
>> acids (like wine to vinegar) in the presence of oxygen.
>>
>> Biomolecules (as a rule of thumb; wide range of possible values) increase
>> their rate of degradation =A0by a factor of 2 for every 6.5C increase in
>> temperature so room temp (assume 25; brew temp assume 95) would yield
>> (25-31.5, 31.5-38, 38-44.5...etc...) approx 11 doublings of the rate
>> (usually non linear, anyway but...) the conversion rate would be about 1=
000
>> times the room temperature rate of reactants (esters) to products (acids)
>>
> Acid foods are known to cause illness, so apart from the caffeine
> payload, this method could perhaps decrease the harmfulness of coffee,
> save energy bills etc... Looks like a winner to me.
>
> Matt
>
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