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Coffee Science Foundation and ZHAW Launch Defects Research Project

With funding from the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA), the Coffee Science Foundation (CSF) and the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) just launched a new research project on green coffee...

2025.02.10

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Study: Coffee Linked to Improved Cognitive Function in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

A new study highlights the potential cognitive benefits of regular coffee consumption for patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), a common heart arrhythmia that significantly increases the risk of stroke, cognitive...

2025.02.05

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Study: With Reusable Cup Schemes, Gambling Trumps Morality

Believe it or not, humans may not be drawn to reusable cup schemes due to a sense of moral duty or good old-fashioned guilt. What’s really going to draw them...

2025.01.30

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Study Confirms Coffee Rust Fungicides Toxic to Farmworkers

A new study revealed significant health risks for coffee farmworkers in southern Minas Gerais, Brazil, stemming from exposure to triazole fungicides. The chemicals are used throughout the global coffee sector...

2025.01.28

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Coffee Price Volatility Harms the Mental Health of Farmers

Coffee is a drink that punctuates many of our lives. Millions of us depend on this dark liquid to start the morning, or to break up the day. It has also become...

2025.01.21

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Costa Rica Study Shows Promise for Low-Elevation Arabica Hybrids in Shade

A groundbreaking multi-year study on coffee agroforestry in Costa Rica’s Caribbean lowlands revealed promising strategies to expand coffee cultivation into non-traditional regions. The implications may be globally significant, considering the...

2025.01.09

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Study Finds the Best Time of Day to Drink Coffee for a Longer Life

A major new study found that people who primarily drink coffee in the morning may have a lower risk of dying prematurely — especially from heart disease — than people...

2025.01.09

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Study: Coffee Drinking Significantly Reduces Head and Neck Cancer Risk

Drinking four or more cups of coffee per day is linked with a significant reduction in the risk of head and neck cancers, according to a comprehensive analysis of global...

2025.01.08

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Study Shows Links Between Coffee Drinking and Gut Health

New research suggests that drinking coffee may have outsized effects on the composition and health of human guts. Published in Nature Microbiology, the research shows that coffee consumption is closely linked...

2025.01.01

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Coffee Research in 2024 Focused on Climate Change, Quality and Human Health

The vast multidisciplinary world of coffee-related research expanded on all fronts in 2024, yet much of it can be reasonably assigned to one of three categories: green coffee sustainability in...

2025.01.01

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