Amos TverskyStudy: 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...
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BrazilStudy 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...
AsiaCoffee 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...
agroforestryCosta 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...
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public HealthStudy 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...
American Cancer SocietyStudy: 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...
healthStudy 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...
2024 Year In ReviewCoffee 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...
artificial intelligenceResearchers Find Highly Accurate AI Algorithm for Coffee Defect Detection
A research team focused on potential real-world AI solutions for agricultural producers says it has created a highly accurate computational model for identifying defects in green coffees. The group of...
Endocrine SocietyStudy: Coffee Greatly Reduces Risk of Co-Existing Cardio Diseases
New research shows that moderate coffee consumption may reduce risk of having two or more cardio or metabolic diseases at the same time. The study, published in the Endocrine Society’s...