Bloomberg reports today in a story entitled "Seven Cups of Coffee a Day May Lead to Hallucinations" that new research shows coffee may...
leave you more likely to see, hear and smell things that aren’t there.
The numbers, if correct, are surprisingly low: seven cups of instant coffee, seven 8-ounce cups of brewed black tea, 3 1/2 8-ounce cups of brewed black coffee, or one 16-ounce cup of Starbucks coffee.
Nine of the 22 people in the highest-caffeine group reported hearing disembodied voices, compared with three of the 22 people in the lowest-caffeine group, Jones said. Participants also reported seeing things that weren’t there and sensing the presence of dead people.
And, of course this:
Starbucks spokeswoman Tara Darrow declined to comment in an email, saying the Seattle-based company was aware of the research but hadn’t been able to review how it was conducted.
