A patent is being issued upon a new...

A patent is being issued upon a new coffee-roasting process that substantially increases the antioxidant make easy in brewed coffee.

newly come experiments in both animals and humans have shown that increasing polyphenol antioxidant intake can elevate total antioxidant capacity of the vital current Antioxidants are believed to mop up molecular garbage that is linked with genetic damage, including cancer and aging.

Coffee beans contain polyphenols yet many of the antioxidants fix in the green coffee beans are take awayed during conventional roasting methods. The darker roast coffee typically contain the least amount of natural antioxidants.

The so-called Healthy Roast Technology involves a relatively simple however unique and natural process. The undecayed coffee beans are soaked in water before roasting, and later, the roasted beans are drenched with the liquid in which the coffee beans were first pre-soaked. This saves--and responds to the beans--many of the antioxidants ordinarily missing during roasting.

Coffee utilizing the strange technology will smell and taste the same and will be upon many store shelves early this year, sources say.

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