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Study: ‘Default Nudge’ to Oat Milk Reduces Carbon Footprint of Cafe Drinks

Making oat milk the default option for cafe drinks while still offering cow’s milk sharply increased the share of plant-based milk use in real-world testing, according to a new...

2026.04.11

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Study Suggests Moderate Coffee and Tea May Be Tied to Lower Lung Cancer Risk

A new analysis of UK Biobank data suggests that moderate daily consumption of coffee and tea may be associated with a lower risk of developing lung cancer, while higher...

2026.04.07

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Specialty Coffee Still a Sliver of Brazil’s Total Crop, Study Finds

While Brazil remains the world’s largest producer and exporter of coffee by wide margins, a new peer-reviewed analysis suggests its specialty coffee footprint remains comparatively small, highly concentrated and...

2026.03.27

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Tea May Beat Coffee for Hip Bone Health in Older Women, Study Finds

Older women who reported drinking tea had higher-than-average hip bone mineral density (BMD) in a 10-year study involving thousands of women in the United States. The study from a...

2026.03.26

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Study Finds Coffee Accounts for 1% of Agriculture-Driven Global Deforestation

A sweeping new analysis of commodity-driven deforestation published in Nature Food found that coffee accounts for just 1% of global agriculture-driven deforestation, far below beef at 40% and below...

2026.03.25

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Study Suggests Indie Coffee Shop Design Has Become Strikingly Uniform

New research suggests that independent coffee shops in the U.S. and Canada are so homogenized in their interior design that they collectively present a de facto brand, running counter to...

2026.03.21

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CO2 Fermentation Boosts Natural-Process Coffee Scores in Colombian Trial

A sealed container and a dose of carbon dioxide may be enough to nudge certain natural-process coffees into higher-end specialty coffee territory, according to a new Colombian study that...

2026.03.17

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Coffee Byproducts Could Reduce Plastic in ‘Plastic Wrap’

Coffee pulp, husk, silverskin and spent grounds usually end up as compost or waste. A new paper argues they could end up doing something more valuable — both economically and...

2026.03.16

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In Wake of India’s “Green Revolution,” Scientists Find Organic Soils Healthier

As concepts such as “regenerative” and “biodynamic” continue to enter the mainstream coffee lexicon, scientists continue to literally dig into the soil to give them meaning. A recent peer-reviewed...

2026.02.13

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Study: Caffeinated Coffee Consumption May Significantly Reduce Dementia Risk

Long-term coffee drinking may be associated with a lower risk of developing dementia and more favorable cognitive health outcomes, according to a long-running analysis involving more than 130,000 people....

2026.02.11

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