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This Headgear Might Help You Understand Your Feelings About Coffee

A potentially novel new tool designed to identify bias in coffee evaluation may soon be in the works: a tasting helmet. Researchers in Italy say they have demonstrated the feasibility...

2024.04.17

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Study: Coffee Drinkers Less Likely to Have Colon Cancer Recurrence

Coffee drinkers are far less likely to experience a recurrence of colon cancer, according to a major new observational study. The study explored data from more than 1,700 patients with...

2024.04.15

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Sports Scientists Address ‘Caffeine Crash’ and Other Common Coffee Questions

A group of sports scientists from throughout the United States and Canada authored a paper addressing 15 common questions asked by exercisers related to caffeine consumption. While many of the...

2024.04.10

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Because You Can’t Be Trusted, Scientists Present a Coffee Biomarker

Be warned, liars: Researchers in Germany say they have identified a reliable biomarker for coffee consumption that can verify whether or not people have recently drunk coffee. Typically measured through...

2024.03.29

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NCA Speaks Up Against Proposed Bans on Decaf Chemical

The National Coffee Association (NCA) of the United States last week announced its opposition to two proposed rules that would prohibit the use of the chemical methylene chloride in coffee...

2024.03.14

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Value Chain Study Explores How to Make Coffee Work for Smallholder Farmers

Newly published research reinforces the idea that participation in the specialty coffee market has greater potential to improve small family farmers’ incomes and livelihoods. The catch is that participation in...

2024.03.01

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Study Shines New Light on the Complex Arabica Coffee Genome

Researchers in Italy say they’ve shed new light on arabica coffee’s large and complex genome, which may ultimately help breeders seeking desirable traits such as high quality and disease resistance....

2024.01.25

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New ‘E-Nose’ Identifies Coffee with Up to 98% Accuracy

Researchers in Taiwan have developed an electronic nose (e-nose) that they say can correctly identify a coffee based on its aroma with up to 98% accuracy. A team led by...

2024.01.18

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Regular Coffee Drinking May Prevent IBS, But Not for Everyone

A recent meta-analysis involving populations throughout the world found that people who regularly consume coffee may be less likely to develop irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) than non-coffee-drinkers. However, the analysis...

2024.01.09

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Study: Hospital Coffee Makers Not Likely Causing Bacterial Infections

Researchers in Germany found that public coffee machines in hospitals and hospital workers’ homes are not likely spreading bacterial infections. After swabbing 25 machines exposed to the bare hands of...

2024.01.03

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