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Coffee Has Hidden Sprays

Friday, 6/26/2026·95 words·1 min read

A group called Coffee Watch made a new reportreport/rɪˈpɔːrt/L1报告;报道a piece of writing that tells people about something that happened or was found. It says one in five coffee packets in Europe has leftover bits of bug sprayssprays/spreɪz/L1喷雾剂liquids that are pushed out of a container in very small drops. Some of these sprays are bannedbanned/bænd/L1被禁止的not allowed by law or rules because they can make people sick.

People think cooking the beans kills the sprayssprays/spreɪz/L1喷雾剂liquids that are pushed out of a container in very small drops. But the reportreport/rɪˈpɔːrt/L1报告;报道a piece of writing that tells people about something that happened or was found says this is not always true. The sprays stay on the beans after cooking, so they can get into your cup. The sprays come from coffee farms far away.

Coffee drinkers should know this. It is not fair or safesafe/seɪf/L1安全的not dangerous; protected from harm. They can ask for coffee without these sprayssprays/spreɪz/L1喷雾剂liquids that are pushed out of a container in very small drops.

Coffee Has Hidden Sprays

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