can I drink coffee every day and still
follow Ayurveda I really understand this
question because I love coffee too and I
have some good news and some not-so-good
news for all of us coffee fanatics out
there of course you can drink coffee
every day but it doesn't mean it's gonna
be the most balancing for your
constitution there's actually this
really wonderful quote from traditional
Chinese medicine and that's that coffee
borrows energy from tomorrow for today
and so in Ayurveda everything has the
ability to bring you into balance and an
excess could cause you harm so you
really want to look at the qualities and
the taste of coffee let's break it down
all right so coffee is bitter astringent
and pungent and that means it's gonna
have heating and drying qualities so
that means Vata and Pitta folks may have
a little bit more of a challenging time
with coffee whereas it's better suited
for coffee constitutions that also means
that kapha season is a good time to
drink coffee yay and that time of year
is gonna be late winter into early
spring so I'm not gonna be the one to
walk up to you and smack the coffee out
of your hand and say don't do it because
I love coffee I get it what you really
want to do is work to ameliorate some of
those qualities and some of those
effects of coffee so naturally we're
looking for something that is going to
be cooling and moistening and grounding
sounds a little like something we
already incorporate to coffee right milk
or a milk substitute it's also important
to remember coffees an herb too so know
your Constitution and then make a
thoughtful and informed decision about
whether or not coffee is the herb for
you
