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Caffeine may offset some health risks of diets high in fat, sugar
Caffeine may offset some of the negative effects of an obesogenic diet by reducing lipid storage, weight gain and the production of triglycerides, University of Illinois scientists found in a new study of rats.
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How Turkish coffee destroyed an empire
Kahve was a favourite drink of the Ottoman Empire’s ruling class. Little did they know it would one day hasten the empire’s demise
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This Latte Artist Forms Foam Into Flocks of Birds
Put a bird on it!
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Former Special Forces Operator Turned Coffee Connoisseur. Black Rifle Coffee - Evan Hafer
Many companies steer well clear of divisive political stances. However, Black Rifle Coffee have used controversy to their advantage.
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Productivity Booster - Having a Coffee Machine at Work
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Remembering the coffee pot webcam
Nineteen years after Cambridge researchers created the world's first webcam they look back on how it made a coffee pot into an internet icon.
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The Secret to This Brazilian Coffee? Ants Harvest the Beans
The insects' trash is one farmer's treasure.
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Your Espresso Addiction Stems from an Ancient Ceremony
It's hard to imagine life before espresso, but believe it or not, there was once a tired, latte-less time. The first basic prototype for an espresso machine was invented in Turin, Italy in the 1880s, though it looked more like a hot-water heater than the blinged-out coffee hotrods we see in cafés today, and for good reason—that's basically all it was, a steam boiler designed to heat water in a closed chamber, which would also build up a reserve of pressure that a waiter or bartender could release over a bed of finely ground coffee. Those early machines, including the 1905 patent by Luigi Bezzera that modernized and streamlined the design and added more functionality for the human making the coffee (they were not known as baristas until much later), are interesting enough on their own—and we'll briefly discuss how they work in a moment—but the really interesting thing about the history of espresso comes from tracing the story of coffee drinking all the way from Ethiopia and piecing together how in the world it made its way to Italy. Ethiopian Origins: The Coffee Ceremony The beverage we know as coffee has a somewhat mysterious origin, but historians know that first the leaves and the coffee fruit were consumed in and around the area now known as Ethiopia, possibly for hundreds of years, before anybody thought to clean and roast the seeds, pulverize them, and mix them with hot water. At some point in the 15th century, spice traders from the Arabian Peninsula, including the area now recognized as Yemen, encountered coffee plants while traveling through Ethiopia in search of trade, spices, and slaves. These traders were found inspiration for creating the hot, bittersweet, and caffeinated elixir we know as coffee most likely in mystical Islamic beliefs about alchemy, the principle of transforming something worthless into something valuable, as a sign of God's love for humankind. Well, certainly if anything is a sign that God loves us, it's coffee. Who'd have thunk that these little grass
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Coffee waste 'could replace palm oil'
Two Scottish entrepreneurs are aiming to go global with their hope to replace palm oil using coffee waste. Scott Kennedy and Fergus Moore said they came up with a unique way to extract oil from used coffee grounds which had a wide range of uses. Palm oil is found in many household products, but environmentalists say demand for it is devastating rainforests in Asia.
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How do you like your coffee?
How do you like to drink your coffee? Is coffee an absolute must for you to get your day started? Are you one of those who likes a strong black coffee?
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Saturday Morning Coffee: Guilt and Responsibility vs. Self-Care
The need to take care of yourself vs your responsibility to others.
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These coffee snobs ban milk and sugar
It seems the customer is no longer always right.
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Are robots better baristas? Berkeley's Bbox café thinks so
By creating a mobile app and robots that prepare and serve orders, Bbox provides cheaper, more efficient coffee, and plans to expand its technology to more restaurant automation.
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More Companies Should Offer Bathroom Syringe Disposals Like Starbucks
Starbucks made headlines by installing syringe disposal units in some of its bathrooms. It's a no-brainer that other companies should be doing the same.
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Over 60 Percent of Wild Coffee Species Are at Risk of Extinction
For all those that rely on that cup of coffee to get you going in the morning, here’s another eye-opener: A majority of wild coffee might be going extinct. That info is courtesy of a new study finding roughly 60 percent of wild coffee species are at risk of going extinct. We don’t drink these wild, unsavory strains often, but they could help our beloved arabica and robusta beans adapt to climate change, resist pests and ward off diseases.
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The end of coffee: could Australia save the world's beans?
If a future of relentless fires, droughts, superstorms and rising sea levels makes you feel like you need a strong caffeinated beverage, there is some bad news: climate change is coming for the world’s coffee beans. Greg Meenahan, the partnership director at the non-profit institute World Coffee Research, puts it this way: “Demand for coffee is expected to double by the year 2050 and, if nothing is done, more than half of the world’s suitable coffee land will be pushed into unsuitability due to climate change. Without research and development, the coffee sector will need up to 180m more bags of coffee in 2050 than we are likely to have.”
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The Humble Brilliance of Italy's Moka Coffee Pot
In the era of pods, the iconic item has become an endangered species.
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Buzz, Buzz: Bitter Tasters Like Coffee Better
If you hold your nose and take a sip of coffee, mostly what you'll taste is a bitter liquid. Much of the gustatory pleasure we take from coffee comes from its aroma. But a new study suggests people's sensitivity to that bitter taste plays a role in how much coffee they drink. And though it seems counterintuitive, the study shows that the more sensitive you are to the bitter taste of coffee, the more of it you tend to drink.
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New Packaging for Felt Coffee by Studio fnt — BP&O
Logotype and packaging design by Studio fnt for South Korean coffee shop and coffee brand Felt. Opinion by Richard Baird.
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How Scandinavian Egg Coffee Planted Roots in the American Midwest
Adding an egg is a savvy way to clarify suboptimal brews.
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