Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Science/2021 November 14

= November 14 =

Sensitivity to coffee
When someone says he or she is sensitive to coffee, what does that mean?2603:7000:8102:657B:412:4DDE:E611:E730 (talk) 01:58, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Probably about their sleep schedule. 67.165.185.178 (talk) 02:06, 14 November 2021 (UTC).
 * It could mean a LOT of things. It could mean sleep schedule, as suggested by 67.165.185.178, or it could mean digestive irritability to small amounts of coffee, it could mean they taste even a small amount of coffee added as an ingredient (I don't often notice a small amount of espresso added to chocolate baked goods to boost the chocolate flavor, but my wife does and hates it), and probably several more things. --OuroborosCobra (talk) 16:49, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
 * There are many adverse effects to the caffeine in coffee any one of which might be described as "sensitivity". Mike Turnbull (talk) 17:13, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Or perhaps they are sensitive to the plight of the coffee plant and its subjugation by Homo sapiens who covet its precious beans? nagualdesign 23:24, 14 November 2021 (UTC)