Yes, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing - the cholesterol debate is far more complicated than we used to think. If the spike was an issue we would have seen epidemiological evidence of negative effects. We actually see the opposite with coffee being associated with a reduced incidence of cardiovascular disease, CVD mortality & death from myocardial infarction – the main diseases thought of as being caused by high cholesterol. Potentially because coffee spikes the harmless LDL-C and not the more harmful form, LDL-P.