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2025 Year in Review: Coffee Science

Coffee research in 2025 ran the gamut from farm-level survival to consumer-side marketing trickery. Naturally, coffee also continued to be a major focus among medical researchers, with primarily good news...

2025.12.30

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Coffee Protects Against Liver Diseases, and Scientists Have Figured Out How

A major academic literature review underscores coffee’s protective effects against liver diseases while outlining numerous potential underlying mechanisms. A research team affiliated with two public health institutions in Mexico pored...

2025.12.18

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International Researchers Allege Widespread Errors in Smallholder Coffee Mapping, Offer Dataset

A new open-access dataset called Sample Earth aims to fix what its creators call a critical flaw in the global coffee and cocoa trade: maps that label current smallholder...

2025.11.26

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Futuristic Earth-Cooling Solution Not Likely to Protect Coffee, Study Finds

A radical climate-engineering solution may not be able to safeguard coffee or other climate-sensitive crops as the planet warms, according to a new study. New research published Nov. 4 in...

2025.11.15

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Study Suggests Coffee Protects Against Atrial Fibrillation

Drinking a daily cup of caffeinated coffee was linked to a 39% lower hazard of atrial fibrillation (a-fib) recurrence in older adults recently treated for the disorder, according to a...

2025.11.11

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UK Study Associates ‘Very Hot’ Coffee and Tea with Cancer Risk

A recent study tracking nearly half a million people has delivered sobering news for people who prefer their morning brew piping hot: drinking very hot beverages may significantly increase...

2025.10.20

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Sweeping Review Links Moderate Coffee Intake to Many Health Benefits

A sweeping new review of decades of research suggests that moderate coffee drinking is doing more good than harm across a broad range of health outcomes. Led by researchers...

2025.10.09

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Study Adds Merit to High-Elevation Coffee Quality Claims

Typically expressed as meters above sea level, the elevation of the coffee farm has long been a signature marketing point among purveyors of high-quality, traceable arabica coffees. Traditional messaging...

2025.10.07

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7-8 Daily Drinks of Coffee, Tea and Water Linked with Reduced Death Risk

New research shows that people who drank some combination of 7-8 coffee, tea and plain water drinks per day were 28% less likely to die from any cause during the...

2025.10.02

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Science Recently Delivered This Shocker: Morning Coffee Improves Mood

Scientists in the UK and Germany have officially confirmed what most coffee drinkers feel intuitively every single day: coffee in the morning puts you in a better mood. For...

2025.10.02

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