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Coffee may reverse Alzheimer’s

From the Beeb: Coffee ‘may reverse Alzheimer’s’.

Drinking five cups of coffee a day could reverse memory problems seen in Alzheimer’s disease, US scientists say. [continue]

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From EurekAlert: Waste coffee grounds offer new source of biodiesel fuel.

Researchers in Nevada are reporting that waste coffee grounds can provide a cheap, abundant, and environmentally friendly source of biodiesel fuel for powering cars and trucks. [continue].

See? Espresso can power more than just my mouth.

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From the Globe and Mail: The buzz over caffeine: It can help your workout.

THE QUESTION
Will drinking coffee help or hinder my workout?
THE ANSWER
Until 2004, caffeine was a banned substance for elite athletes, who could test positive if they drank as few as three cups of strong coffee. That, one would assume, means it’s a performance [...]

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This is the best news I’ve heard today. From the CBC: Coffee drinking not harmful and may help against heart disease: study.

Drinking copious amounts of coffee is not harmful to your health, and particularly if you’re a woman, may actually protect you from heart disease, new research suggests.
Researchers from Harvard School of Public Health, Brigham [...]

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On espresso and Starbucks

We would never have bought an inexpensive espresso machine, because we’re serious about our coffee, and we though you’d need an expensive machine to make a really good shot. But surprise: a cheap machine came as a gift from a relative. Now that we’ve perfected our technique, our home-made espresso is awesome! We’ve got flavour, [...]

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Praying for a cuppa

From Ananova: Praying for a cuppa.

The power of prayer is all it takes to relax with a drink at a newly opened Croatian cafe.
Customers at the Jedro coffee shop in Zagreb are asked to say a certain number of prayers in return for their drinks.
The most expensive beverage is a Coca-Cola which costs five ‘Hail [...]

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At last, a $20,000 cup of coffee

From the New York Times: At Last, a $20,000 Cup of Coffee.

With its brass-trimmed halogen heating elements, glass globes and bamboo paddles, the new contraption that is to begin making coffee this week at the Blue Bottle Café here looks like a machine from a Jules Verne novel, a 19th-century vision of the future. [continue]

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The bonanza bean

The National Geographic’s coffee pages contain a few interesting things: legends page with fascinating historical tidbits, a map of coffee-producing nations , and their The Bonanza Bean article. From the latter, here is a bit of weirdness for you:

The Japanese gentlemen buried me up to the chin in a shallow grave and left me to [...]

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