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Coffee prepared by a gentile

Question

Is one allowed to drink coffee in a café that belongs to a non-Jew? Also, what about instant coffee, which outside Eretz Israel is made by non-Jews? Does its roasting make it forbidden as food cooked by a non-Jew? And what if a gentile prepares the actual cup of coffee for drinking?  

Thank you

Answer

You are allowed to drink, and the prohibition of food cooked by a gentile doesn’t apply here.

Answered 27 October 2022 How answers are reviewed
Rabbi Israel Cohen
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Rabbi Israel Cohen
Answers questions at Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Smicha "Yoreh-Yoreh" (2012), Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Orach Chaim, Yoreh Deah
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Source

Shulchan Oruch, section Yore Dea, ch. 112

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