Coffee Articles and Stories
We frequently discover coffee articles and stories from major news outlets about coffee, the industry and trends. Here is where we post them, enjoy!
Green coffee beans show potential for losing weight
Date: March, 27 2012
Link: http://www.latimes.com/health/la-he-green-coffee-weight-loss-20120328,0,4627793.story
Excerpt: In a limited trial, 16 overweight young adults taking various doses of green coffee bean extract lost an average of 17.5 pounds and 16% in body fat in 22 weeks. But questions remain, experts say.
The Cost of Coffee From Single-Serve Systems – New York Times
Date: February, 7 2012
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/02/08/dining/the-cost-of-coffee-from-single-serve-systems.html?emc=eta1
Excerpt: Single-serve espresso and coffee systems are increasingly popular. But compared with even the most expensive beans from high-end roasters, coffee in the pods and capsules for these systems cost much more per pound. Prices are those charged in stores in New York City or on retail Web sites, based on listed weight.
Title: Robust Coffee Consumption Associated with Reduced Endometrial Cancer Risk
Date: November 22, 2011
Link: http://newsatjama.jama.com/2011/11/22/robust-coffee-consumption-associated-with-reduced-endometrial-cancer-risk/
Excerpt: More good news for coffee lovers: drinking 4 or more cups of coffee a day compared with drinking less than 1 cup per day is associated with a reduced risk of endometrial cancer in women, according to a results study published today in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.
Title: Sacred Grounds – The New Yorker
Date: November 21, 2011
Link: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/11/21/111121fa_fact_sanneh
Excerpt: Discusses the history of coffee cultivation, marketing, and consumption. The farmer-obsessed coffee movement that has arisen over the past decade is sometimes called the “third wave,” to distinguish it from the European-inspired, espresso-oriented second wave, which produced Starbucks. (In this model, the first wave would be the enthusiasm of a century ago, which created national brands like Folgers and Maxwell House.) “Third wave” is an imprecise term, and in some ways a misleading one, since it reduces hundreds of years of coffee history to a few decades of American whims. The architects of coffee’s third wave credit Starbucks with helping build what’s known as the specialty-coffee industry, but few of them have any kind words for Starbucks’ standard, dark-roasted-coffee offerings. Discusses different ways of grinding and brewing coffee. Tells about a recent visit by Batlle to meet some of the executives at Caribou, a coffee chain that buys product she selects.
Title: A Question of Fairness – New York Times
Date: November 23, 2011
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/02/business/worldbusiness/02trade.html?pagewanted=all
Excerpt: “Starbucks, Green Mountain and other coffee companies will be able to become 100 percent fair trade not because they’ve changed their business practices one iota but because Fair Trade USA has changed the rules of the game,” said Dean Cycon, founder of the Dean’s Beans Organic Coffee Company, in Orange, Mass.
Title: A Prospective Cohort Study of Coffee Consumption and Risk of Endometrial Cancer over a 26-Year Follow-Up – Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention Journal
Date: September 30, 2011
Link: http://cebp.aacrjournals.org/content/early/2011/10/03/1055-9965.EPI-11-0766.abstract
Excerpt: These prospective data suggest that four or more cups of coffee per day are associated with a lower risk of endometrial cancer. Drinking of coffee, given its widespread consumption, might be an additional strategy to reduce endometrial cancer risk. However, addition of substantial sugar and cream to coffee could offset any potential benefits.
Title: Sorting Out Coffee’s Contradictions – New York Times
Date: August 5, 2008
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/05/health/05brod.html
Excerpt: But as with any product used to excess, consumers often wonder about the health consequences. And researchers readily oblige. Hardly a month goes by without a report that hails coffee, tea or caffeine as healthful or damns them as potential killers.
Title: Buzz or Bunk? Five Coffee Myths – MSNBC
Date: September 8, 2007
Link: http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/20187977/ns/today-today_health/t/buzz-or-bunk-five-coffee-myths
Excerpt: Coffee… java… joe we all need our caffeine… But there are still many questions about the benefits and side effects of caffeine. TODAY nutrition and diet editor Joy Bauer helps separate fact and fiction.