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You won’t believe where this expensive coffee comes from!
In the lush, green hills of northern Thailand, a woman painstakingly picks coffee beans out of a pile of elephant dung, an essential part of making one the world’s most expensive beverages. This remote corner…
Kenyan barista competes in 2015 World Barista Championship
Kenyan barista, Martin Shabaya, is currently competing in the World Barista Championship (WBC)– the preeminent international coffee competition produced annually by World Coffee Events. This year, the 16th edition of the annual World Barista Championship…
Packed with health benefits, coffee gains ground with experts
Long viewed as a controversial dark substance, coffee is gaining ground among medical experts who say it can protect against heart disease, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and diabetes, even if it is decaffeinated. Multiple studies published worldwide…
Drinking coffee may lower risk of multiple sclerosis
People who drink four to six cups of coffee daily may be less likely to get multiple sclerosis, according to international research out Thursday. “Caffeine intake has been associated with a reduced risk of Parkinson’s…
Introducing the alarm clock that brews your coffee
Every morning I waddle to the kitchen, hands still rubbing the sleep out of my eyes, to brew a cup of Arabica coffee. My preference usually is Ethiopian Sidamo, but I will gladly settle on…
Central America’s new coffee buzz: Renewable energy
That morning cup of coffee gives many of us a needed boost, but Central American coffee farmers have found a new source of energy in their beans: turning agricultural wastewater into biogas. An often-overlooked byproduct…
How much coffee you drink linked to genetics
Researchers have long known that your genetics influence the amount of coffee you consume. Is it just one cup or do you prefer to take eight or none at all? A genome-wide meta-analysis of 91,462…
New “Adding butter to coffee” trend was first practiced by Ethiopians
Long before Dave Asprey, the creator of Bulletproof Coffee, popularized adding butter to coffee, Ethiopians have been making creamy cups of the beverage since as early as the ninth century. Although the Ethiopian legend…
McDonald’s to launch retail coffee line in early 2015
McDonald’s Tuesday became the latest food giant to enter the retail coffee market, announcing plans to market a variety of coffee products under its McCafe brand. Partnering with food giant Kraft, the fast-food chain will…