I love coffee. Oh how I love coffee. I used to live on the stuff, and I crave it like nobody’s business. Damn caffeine.
Anyway, I have developed GERD over the years, and coffee appears to be the main culprit. If I have so much as a single cup, I can expect 2-5 days of endless heartburn which Nexium and Zantac hardly touch.
So, I’ve been trying to find an alternative so I don’t feel so deprived - I hate tea (green, black, or herbal), and anyway I can’t be sure caffeine isn’t a contributing factor in the GERD - so I’ve begun drinking Postum and other chicory-based dark bitter drinks, and they’re just…not even close to the same.
Can anybody suggest something? How about that ‘acid neutralized’ coffee? I think the brand name is Kava? Is it likely to trigger more GERD (it’s $11 a jar, I hate to risk that kind of money over something that might make me suffer more). Can anybody recommend a fake-coffee substitute that’s better than Postum, even if it’s mail- or internet-order?