Comments on: Knowing Your Beans: The Kashrus of Coffee http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/general/11226/knowing-your-beans-the-kashrus-of-coffee.html Fri, 24 Jul 2015 17:26:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.9 By: ploiderer1 http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/general/11226/knowing-your-beans-the-kashrus-of-coffee.html#comment-53785 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:02:07 +0000 http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/?p=11226#comment-53785 For sure a yid discovered coffee. The coffee room in BMG is proof.

]]> By: chassi http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/general/11226/knowing-your-beans-the-kashrus-of-coffee.html#comment-53775 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:20:19 +0000 http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/?p=11226#comment-53775 10 – Unless it’s a frappucino…

]]> By: kitzur_dot_net http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/general/11226/knowing-your-beans-the-kashrus-of-coffee.html#comment-53744 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:53:41 +0000 http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/?p=11226#comment-53744 CHAMAR MEDINAH: that’s true, but please keep in mind that in order to qualify for Kiddush/Havdala etc., one must drink the cup very quickly, which most likely will disqualify coffee for Ch”M, since when drunk cold it is definitely not Ch”M.

]]> By: shlepper http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/general/11226/knowing-your-beans-the-kashrus-of-coffee.html#comment-53738 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:30:01 +0000 http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/?p=11226#comment-53738 Regarding who discovered coffee…
I once heard from a Brooklyn College (non frum) professor, that most inventions attributed to a people (eg. glass by the Italians) were in fact discovered by Yidden living there. (He actually had CorningWare change the wording of a sign in their public showroom that glass was invented by Italians.)
So, I would not be surprised that it was a Yid who discovered coffee.

]]> By: ezrayair http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/general/11226/knowing-your-beans-the-kashrus-of-coffee.html#comment-53682 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 22:33:02 +0000 http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/?p=11226#comment-53682 It is interesting that they failed to mention the prohibition of shaichar Akum Y”D 114 and the possibility in Chochmas Adam and other poskim that it applies to coffee-

]]> By: Pinchas http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/general/11226/knowing-your-beans-the-kashrus-of-coffee.html#comment-53670 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:31:58 +0000 http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/?p=11226#comment-53670 FayMemMemLamed,

I believe you’re right. I remember reading this article a loooong time ago.

]]> By: baki http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/general/11226/knowing-your-beans-the-kashrus-of-coffee.html#comment-53648 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:13:12 +0000 http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/?p=11226#comment-53648 They also are saying that it is only a chumra. Note the word better.

]]> By: FayMemMemLamed http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/general/11226/knowing-your-beans-the-kashrus-of-coffee.html#comment-53637 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 18:00:14 +0000 http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/?p=11226#comment-53637 please note for accuracy purposes that htis article was probably written prior to 2000. in the instant coffee section it states that instant coffee started to be produced “early in this century” The writer is obviousl referring to the 1900′s not the 2000′s.

As such #4, the Star K obviously held with R. Blumenkrantz ztz”l that the problems with styrofoam was not a chumrah issue.

]]> By: a jew http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/general/11226/knowing-your-beans-the-kashrus-of-coffee.html#comment-53628 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:13:46 +0000 http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/?p=11226#comment-53628 interesting they mention Styrofoam, Rav Blumenkrantz Z”L was very makpid on tis and people said it was a chumrah

]]> By: shazam http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/general/11226/knowing-your-beans-the-kashrus-of-coffee.html#comment-53627 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:56:35 +0000 http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/?p=11226#comment-53627 #1: That’s Chock Full o’ Nuts, the heavenly coffee, which has a Star-K.

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