by andrew | May 20, 2018 | business, news, oddities, science
Coffee is not known by medical science to cause cancer, nor it is considered a probable carcinogen by any accredited health organization. Nonetheless, California’s coffee shops will soon be required to display a cancer warning sign due to a recent state court... 
by andrew | Aug 10, 2015 | associations, competitions, industry, news, quality, retail, science
The connection between aesthetics and people’s perception of value is something that has been long known and studied by sensory scientists but a direct link between latte art and coffee drinkers’ perception of coffee value has remained anecdotal: until... 
by andrew | Jul 11, 2015 | featured, health, science
Popular YouTube medical investigation series Healthcare Triage recently featured coffee and its impact on health. The results are not surprising to those of us working in the coffee or medical industries but still, the image of coffee as a vice persists despite... 
by andrew | Mar 25, 2014 | featured, industry, origin, quality, science, sustainability |
This morning I was interviewed for a cable network television show about climate change and more specifically about its connection to coffee leaf rust. It was a short piece and it’s hard to say how much of what we discussed will be aired but I found the... 
by andrew | Sep 29, 2011 | health, science
This coffee video, and specifically caffeine in coffee, has been been floating around the web for a few months now, but I had not seen it until this morning when a friend forwarded the link. The video has several hundred thousand views on YouTube… and with good... 
by andrew | Oct 25, 2010 | events, industry, science, sustainability
My wig is powdered, shoe buckles shined and best waistcoat and velveteen breeches packed for the first Congress of the World Coffee Research, which is being held this week at the Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture, a part of Texas A&M... 