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Happy National Coffee Day!

Administrator — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 03:39:15 +0000

To all coffee drinkers, I would like to wish Happy National Coffee Day! Of course, coffee lovers would argue that every day is Coffee Day. For non-drinkers, why don’t you give it a try?

The danger of caffeine overdose

Administrator — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 09:21:14 +0000

I love my coffee, but I was never really aware of caffeine overdose until I read a news story about it yesterday. There’s a limit to how much caffeine you can consume. For one teenager in Northern Ireland, the limit was seven double espressos. 17 year old Jasmine Willis thought that the espressos were single shots, but even 5 espressos seem high to me.
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A mortar-shell Coffee Maker

Administrator — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 10:12:17 +0000

There are lots of variations of coffeemakers - from high-end, beautiful and shiny stainless steel espresso machines to cheap plastic Mr. Coffee knock-offs. Here’s a unique type of coffee maker. Azmeraw Zeleke of northern Ethiopia uses old mortar shells, which stand about one metre high, to make his coffee machines.
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Advancing Sustainability in the Coffee Supply Chain

Administrator — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 02:53:01 +0000

Social Innovations Conversations has a very interesting podcast on advancing sustainability in the coffee supply chain. In a panel discussion, three people discuss how the US$55 billion coffee industry handles major sustainability issues on the economic, social and environmental levels.
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Drinking coffee may save your liver

Administrator — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 16:09:23 +0000

If you drink alcohol, then you should drink coffee. A study of more than 125,000 people revealed that coffee may counteract alcohol’s poisonous effects on the liver and help prevent cirrhosis. One cup of coffee per day cut the risk of alcoholic cirrhosis by 20 percent. Four cups per day reduced the risk by 80 percent.

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