Dark roast and cold brew are gentler options

846. The internet has lots to say about how coffee affects your stomach. Unfortunately, most of it is wrong.

References:

Addition of milk to coffee beverages; the effect on functional, nutritional, and sensorial properties - PubMed

A dark brown roast coffee blend is less effective at stimulating gastric acid secretion in healthy volunteers compared to a medium roast market blend - Rubach

Effect of coffee on gastro-oesophageal reflux in patients with reflux disease and healthy controls - PubMed

Effects of Coffee and Its Components on the Gastrointestinal Tract and the Brain–Gut Axis - PMC

Effects of Coffee on the Gastro-Intestinal Tract: A Narrative Review and Literature Update

Multi‐parametric approach to identify coffee components that regulate mechanisms of gastric acid secretion

Pharmacology of caffeine and its effects on the human body - ScienceDirect

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