Which coffee is healthy?

1. The better the coffee is filtered, the less cafestol and the healthier it is. Coffee can be made in different ways. Most coffee is in the Wheel of Five. Some varieties contain more of the substance cafestol than others. Cafestol increases LDL cholesterol. Too much LDL cholesterol in your blood sticks to the lining of your arteries. This increases the risk of, for example, a heart attack or stroke. The least cafestol is in coffee made with a paper filter, coffee from coffee pods, coffee made with a percolator and in instant coffee. Coffee made with cups, espresso and coffee made with a mocha pot (also called moka or Italian coffee pot) contains more cafestol. Coffee from a cafetière (also called blending coffee or French press) and certainly cooking coffee (also called Turkish or Greek coffee) contains the highest amount of cafestol. Coffee from a cafetière and cooking coffee are therefore not in the Wheel of Five.

2. The better the coffee is filtered, the less cafestol and the healthier it is. Coffee can be made in different ways. Most coffee is in the Wheel of Five. Some varieties contain more of the substance cafestol than others. Cafestol increases LDL cholesterol. Too much LDL cholesterol in your blood sticks to the lining of your arteries. This increases the risk of a heart attack or stroke, for example. The least cafestol is in coffee made with a paper filter, coffee from coffee pods, coffee made with a percolator and in instant coffee. Coffee made with cups, espresso and coffee made with a mocha pot (also called moka or Italian coffee pot) contains more cafestol. Coffee from a cafetière (also called blending coffee or French press) and certainly cooking coffee (also called Turkish or Greek coffee) contains the highest amount of cafestol. Coffee from a cafetière and cooking coffee are therefore not included in the Disk of Five.

How many cups of coffee am I allowed per day?

1. Below is the advice per coffee type how much you can drink the maximum of it per day. We also take caffeine into account. Healthy adults can take in about 400 milligrams of caffeine per day with no negative effects to be expected. That equates to about 4 cups of coffee per day. Different advice applies to children, young people, pregnant women and women who are breastfeeding. Coffee made with a paper filter Cafestol content: lowest Advice: maximum +/- 4 cups per day Coffee from coffee pods Cafestol content: lowest Advice: maximum +/- 4 cups per day A coffee pad, or "coffee pad", is made of paper. This filter is thinner than a normal paper filter, but just as good at filtering cafestol. Instant coffee Cafestol content: lowest Advice: maximum +/- 4 cups per day To make instant coffee, coffee is first made with a paper filter, but then of course on a very large scale. The coffee is then dried in such a way that you have instant coffee. By adding water yourself again, you make coffee again. Coffee made with a percolator Cafestol content: lowest Advice: maximum +/- 4 cups per day With a percolator, water is heated at the bottom so that it rises through a tube. The water then seeps from above through a filter with coarsely ground coffee beans. The coffee is collected at the bottom. The more often the water circulates, the stronger the coffee becomes. Coffee made with a mocha pot, also called moka or Italian coffee pot Cafestol content: moderate Advice: maximum 2-3 cups per day In an Italian coffee pot, mocha pot or moka, water is heated at the bottom, after which it is pressed through a metal filter with ground coffee beans by the pressure. The coffee is collected at the top. The Italian coffee pot, mocha pot or moka is also called percolator. The terms are used interchangeably, but a percolator has a slightly different effect (see above). Espresso Cafestol content: moderate Advice: maximum 2-3 cups per day To make espresso, water is pressed through a metal filter with ground coffee beans under pressure. Coffee from cups Cafestol content: moderate Advice: maximum 2-3 cups per day When making coffee with cups, water is pressed through the cups with ground coffee beans. Coffee made with a cafetière, also called French press or blown coffee Cafestol content: high Advice: maximum 1 cup per day When making coffee with a French press, hot water is poured over ground coffee beans. Then the metal filter is pushed down, leaving you with the coffee at the top. Cooking coffee, also called Turkish or Greek coffee Cafestol content: highest Advice: It is best not to drink this type of coffee, but to brew the coffee in a different way. When making cooking coffee, water with ground coffee beans is boiled in a pan. Coffee machine Check out what kind of machine it is. You can ask this person who fills the coffee machine or at the supplier. Can't find out? Than it is best to drink a maximum of 2 to 3 cups of this per day. Machine with liquid coffee concentrate or freeze-dried powder: maximum +/- 4 cups per day Machine with a paper filter: maximum +/- 4 cups per day Machine with a metal or nylon filter: maximum 2-3 cups per day

2. Below is the advice per coffee type, how much you can drink the maximum of it per day. We also take caffeine into account. Healthy adults can take in about 400 milligrams of caffeine per day with no negative effects to be expected. That equates to about 4 cups of coffee per day. Different advice applies to children, adolescents, pregnant and breastfeeding women. Coffee made with a paper filter Cafestol content: lowest Advice: maximum +/- 4 cups per day Coffee from coffee pods Cafestol content: lowest Advice: maximum +/- 4 cups per day A coffee pad, or "coffee pad", is made of paper. This filter is thinner than a normal paper filter, but just as good at filtering cafestol. Instant coffee Cafestol content: lowest Advice: maximum +/- 4 cups per day To make instant coffee, coffee is first made with a paper filter, but then of course on a very large scale. The coffee is then dried in such a way that you have instant coffee. By adding water yourself again, you can make coffee again. Coffee made with a percolator Cafestol content: lowest Advice: maximum +/- 4 cups per day With a percolator, water is heated at the bottom so that it rises through a tube. The water then seeps from above through a filter with coarsely ground coffee beans. The coffee is collected at the bottom. The more often the water circulates, the stronger the coffee becomes. Coffee made with a mocha pot, also called moka or Italian coffee pot Cafestol content: moderate Advice: maximum 2-3 cups per day In an Italian coffee pot, mocha pot or moka, water is heated at the bottom, after which it is pressed through a metal filter with ground coffee beans by the pressure. The coffee is collected at the top. The Italian coffee pot, mocha pot or moka is also called percolator. The terms are used interchangeably, but a percolator has a slightly different effect (see above). Espresso Cafestol content: moderate Advice: maximum 2-3 cups per day To make espresso, water is pressed through a metal filter with ground coffee beans under pressure. Coffee from cups Cafestol content: moderate Advice: maximum 2-3 cups per day When making coffee with cups, water is pressed through the cups with ground coffee beans. Coffee made with a cafetière, also called French press or press-through coffee Cafestol content: high Advice: maximum 1 cup per day When making coffee with a French press, hot water is poured over ground coffee beans. Then the metal filter is pushed down, leaving you with the coffee at the top. Cooking coffee, also called Turkish or Greek coffee Cafestol content: highest Advice: It is best not to drink this type of coffee, but to brew the coffee in a different way. When making cooking coffee, water is boiled with ground coffee beans in a pan. Coffee machine Check out what kind of machine it is. You can ask this person who fills the coffee machine or at the supplier. Can't find out? Than it is best to drink a maximum of 2 to 3 cups of this per day. Machine with liquid coffee concentrate or freeze-dried powder: maximum +/- 4 cups per day Machine with a paper filter: maximum +/- 4 cups per day Machine with a metal or nylon filter: maximum 2-3 cups per day

Which coffee is healthy?

1. In the video below, Astrid Postma-Smeets, Expert Nutrition and Health, simply explains which coffee is best to drink and why.