Coffee

[Valentina98]

Hey Everyone

Strange question, I know I should be cutting down my coffee intake (I drink alot)

However I've noticed I've gone off coffee, the taste is strange. Is this to do with my meds or is it just my taste has changed

Thanks

V

[marypw]

A tongue in cheek answer, so please take it kindly.😀

I went off coffee when I became pregnant with my first son and I’ve never drunk any since, and that was 36 years ago.

Wishing you well X

[Valentina98 in reply to marypw]

Hey Mary

Taken as a cheeky answer and I can confirm I'm definitely not pregnant.

V

[Sodp]

10 cups is that a joke 🤣😂. I do once a day from twice and already feeling guilty ..not when drinking but afterwards..not much side effect on loads of med..metro.. rosuvastatin ticagrelor and aspirin

[Hrty]

Don't know about coffee, disgusting stuff, but since my HA back in November I've gone off Cheese, Eggs and Booze. Just don't fancy them at all at the moment. No bad thing whilst I adjust my diet I suppose 🙂

[meadfoot]

I was the same with tea, I lived on the stuff, cant stand it now. I was told to cut back with my heart issue or drink decaf tea, I think my body just rejected tea thereafter to help me cut down. Just a silly theory but who knows it worked like that for me.

[Hidden]

Hi Valentia, I also need to cut back on my coffee but am struggling as my meds make me tired and the coffee wakes me up and helps me work!Have not noticed my meds ever changing the taste of anything but having covid certainly did. It took a very long time for certain tastes to return to normal, any chance this could be the reason for your altered taste?

[Mlinde]

If it's real coffee (not instant) and strong eg an expresso, it'll raise your BP and maybe give you palpatations, it's the caffeine. I love coffee but had to cut out the expressos, so now it's a cafe au lait instead.

[Valentina98 in reply to Mlinde]

I actually have both, I don't get palpitations from having coffee mostly from not having it

[Mlinde in reply to Valentina98]

On occasion, I sneak an espresso and no problem, I think it really depends on the state of my health at any given time but strong coffee definitely ups the heart rate but on the other hand, the Metaprolol works to keep it down, so it's swings and roundabouts and I love my fresh ground espresso and hot milk! Not sure why some people can't taste it tho, digestive issues?

[Hidden]

Hello you

Coffee definitely seems stronger { taste not effect } but I still like it, I just use less

A few other things, like curry etc seem stronger as well, almost as if the drugs Im on have given me my younger taste buds back! shame they don't give me anything else younger back.

Take care

[Valentina98 in reply to Hidden]

Hey

It tastes really bitter and just not nice. I don't know what's wrong.

[Sodp]

I am on metroprolol and drops to 105/63 .. resting HR 58 and feeling dizzy already. So coffee may help me as well : ☺️ I should bump up my coffee intake as well...maybe I don't feel dizzy anymore 😂😂. Maybe not 8 but 4 maybe

[Valentina98 in reply to Sodp]

I'm about the same anywhere between 5 and 10 cups a day and lately I can't stand it. I've tried tea but I'm not a fan.

I've never liked decaffeinated coffee but I might try it

[peterjones105]

Having given up caffeine products completely I did try a decaf coffee recently and I didn't like it: I assume that I have lost the taste for it

[fishonabike]

some medications can affect your sense of smell and taste, have you recently started any different medication?

have you had a cold, flu, or other infection which affects your nose, throat, breathing tubes in general? these can affect your sense of smell and taste

[Valentina98 in reply to fishonabike]

All my new heart medicines I've only been taking a couple of months.

I've had the awful cold that's going around but everything else tastes normal just not coffee.

[fishonabike in reply to Valentina98]

sometimes side effects from medications sneak up slowly

altered sense of taste/ smell can be selective - i recently experienced an altered sense of taste only (smell was fine) for about a year - not everything was affected, some things tasted disgusting (e.g. chocolate and anything with cooked tomato), some where just a bit off and some were normal, but it made things rather unpredictable and i avoided eating out because i could never tell what might be affected - in my case i think it was due to antibiotic therapy which messed up my gut flora (yes, even that can affect your sense of taste) and it's back to normal now

the one thing which is not completely back to normal is my chocolate cravings, they've gone, but at least that's a positive as i just enjoy what i have instead of being desperate for more!

i hope your issue resolves or you find the cause and a coffee substitute

[Qualipop]

I hadn't realised when it started but since my heart attack I can't stand the smell or taste of coffee

[Valentina98 in reply to Qualipop]

Same!!

[pasigal]

What are your meds? I haven't noticed any issues, although I cut back on coffee to no more than 10-12 oz a day (to avoid stomach upset on aspirin). However, I have lost my taste for beer (statins? beta blockers?) and all alcohol except a small glass of red wine once in a while, so there's that...

[Valentina98]

The unmentionable virus is what caused my myocarditis and may have contributed to my HA, I never lost my taste and smell with it. I just felt hungover for about a week.

[1-24-25]

Following my HA in early December I cannot stand the smell of ordinary instant coffee. Switched to decaff coffee and tea, cut out alcohol and all seems ok now. Gone off cheese at the moment as well.

[Beta70]

Some interesting comments, but I have noticed that although you can buy de caffeinated coffee and tea you can never be sure how much caffeine there is in a drink made with one teaspoonful or tea bag. It is not printed on the labels. Today on my local radio station it said that a survey had been done as to which coffee shop had the stronger coffees. Results were that a medium cappuccino from Starbucks contained 62 mgs of caffeine whereas Costa Coffee's medium cappuccino contained 320 mgs! We need to know exactly what we are consuming.

[OmiKon]

Maybe it is because the manufacturer changed something in the process of coffee bean burning. I am accustomed to Fabula Coffee fabulacoffee.com/, didn't notice any changes in its taste.

[Taviterry]

No doubt some (many?)of us are on blood thinners, which may need to be taken with anti-acid medication such as Lansoprazole. (I'm on Clopidogrel, my TAVI surgeon said that Lansoprazole wasn't necessary in my case, though my GP recommended it and I'm now taking it because of stomach irritation.)

In recent months the powdered caffeinated coffee I have two cups of before midday (then switching to decaff) has tasted fouler and fouler. Dr Google suggests that this could be an age thing - and that coffee can irritate one's stomach.

I'm now wondering what to take instead for a hot drink. Dr Google suggests turmeric tea, kombucha and honey water, so I guess I'll be exploring the shelves (again!) during my next Big Shop. I did look in a kitchen cabinet and found I had camomile and English Breakfast tea (at the request of visitors) but don't like them. And I wasn't keen on turmeric when I tried it several years ago.

EDIT: after midday I switch to decaff, and the cupful I'm sipping from now doesn't taste quite so bad.