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If you ever wondered how often your office coffee machine gets cleaned, you may really want to look into that. According to Fast Codes Design,
Researchers in Spain from the University of Valencia studied ten Nespresso machines in both office and home settings and found “significant bacterial diversity”– 35 to 67 different major types– in the inner drip tray below the discarded capsules. The scientists went as far to call the bacteria’s colonization process as “rapid,” “rich,” and “dynamic.” The good news is there’s no real health risk, so long as the tray gets cleaned with water and soap, or a few drops of bleach. Study co-author and biology scholar Manuel Porcar says, “I want to stress that bacteria accumulate in the leach tray, not in the coffee itself. Nespresso is microbiologically flawless.
Well, I don’t drink coffee but I thought that this was an interesting story because many of my co-workers do.
