Another Coffee Has Been Recalled for Containing Undisclosed Boner Drugs

Every once in a while, a company gets in trouble for being too truthful in its advertising—especially when its claims get the FDA's attention. The lengthily named "New of Kopi Jantan Tradisional Natural Herbs Coffee" has been sold online as a male enhancement product, but when the FDA discovered that the coffee contained a chemical similar to the erection-boosting ingredient in Viagra, its manufacturer was forced to recall it.

Bestherbs Coffee LLC has chosen to voluntarily recall all of the un-brewed packages of New of Kopi Jantan Etc. Etc. after the FDA's analysis discovered that it contained desmethyl carbodenafil, which is structurally similar to Viagra's own sildenafil. In addition, New of Kopi (which we're just calling Kopi from now on) also contains milk, a potential allergen that wasn't disclosed on its ingredient list.

"These undeclared ingredient [sic] may interact with nitrates found in some prescription drugs, such as nitroglycerin, and may lower blood pressure to dangerous levels," the FDA wrote in its recall announcement. "Men with diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or heart disease often take nitrates." Customers who purchased Kopi are encouraged to send it back to Bestherbs' address in Grand Prairie, Texas (and, as always, they should contact their doctors if their erections last more than four hours.)

MUNCHIES has reached out to Bestherbs for comment.

Bestherbs' owner, Albert Yee, told the Washington Post that he expects to get up to 1,000 bags back from customers, which he'll then give to the FDA to destroy. Yee and Bestherb are the second male-enhancement coffee vendor to recently raise the FDA's…eyebrows (WHAT?!) over their undisclosed ingredients lists. In September, the agency found desmethyl carbodenafil in Stiff Bull Coffee as well. Stiff Bull president Roger Thompson blamed the product's Malaysian manufacturer for being "dishonest" and swapping the cheaper ingredients for the tongkat ali and maca root that the coffee promised.

We stand by the same advice we gave at the time of that recall: if you think you need help below-the-belt, maybe put down the coffee pot and call your doctor instead.