I can't give any references, just working from memory here. The first study linking coffee consumption to heart disease was performed in one of the Scandanavian countries. They boil their coffee which releases some kind of oil into the coffee. the oil seems to elevate cholesterol.
Another study found if coffee is prepared by the drip method using a paper filter, what little oil is released from the coffee grounds is trapped by the paper. So no adverse effects on health.
A (I believe) third study found coffee has a fair amount of anti-oxidents which promote good health, but the antioxidents dissipate or decompose within 10 minutes of brewing so you have to drink your coffee right up to get the benefits.

I don't think milk is good for humans but I have to agree with Benjammin; I'm a chef, and nearly everything I eat is chosen because I simply like it.

Coffee makes milk palatable

I try to subsist entirely on foods that I don't care for, read books that do not interest me, associate with tedious people and avoid casual romantic involvements.

This may not make me live longer, but it certainly seems longer; and, as a bonus, death is much less unattractive.

I found the recipe for home made cocoa.

Combine one-quarter cup Hershey's Cocoa, one-half cup sugar, a dash of salt in saucepan; stir in one-third cup hot water. Bring to boil over medium heat, stirring constantly; boil and stir two minutes. Add four cups milk; stir and heat. Remove from heat; add three-quarters of a teaspoon vanilla. Beat with rotary beater until foamy.

Jeanette Isabelle

Bwa-ha-ha-ha! Very good.

My Benzen last week was "Our suffering is of greater value than our joy."

Close corollary?

The tao of buzz-kill?

Nursemike,

Thanks, you gave me a good laugh! And I needed it today.

My pleasure, Tree-

Laughter is the only real defense we have against the swirling, sucking eddy of despair that is life in this dark and threatening universe.

"God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.”

― Voltaire