Money-saving way to use Tim Hortons cups
Canadian scientists find a futuristic use for coffee waste that could eventually help Canadians.
Coffee’s mysterious benefits keep growing
From lowered cancer risks to a sharper memory, more studies are showing that coffee is good for you – but why?
Regular coffee drinkers have a 39 percent decreased risk of head and neck cancer, according to a new study published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. Those who drank an estimated four or more cups a day had significantly fewer cancers of the mouth and throat than non coffee drinkers, the study found.
Read more here: Coffee’s Mysterious Benefits Mount
What drinking a morning coffee really does
New study reveals the truth about using a jolt of java to get a kick-start at the top of the day.
View the video here: What drinking a morning coffee really does
Coffee chain’s new logo causes a stir
Seattle’s Best Coffee revealed a redesigned logo this week. Unfortunately, it’s ambiguous look brings to mind a lot more than just a cup of joe.
The simplified design seems rather generic, say some of the kinder observers. Other pundits are calling it a bowl of cereal filled with tears. But the harshest critics say the new look seems more appropriate for a blood donation center.
Read more here: Seattle’s Best Coffee Stirs Up Heated Opinions
Unhealthy coffee drinks
I met an old college buddy for brunch at a local coffeehouse recently. “You’re the nutrition guy, so I gotta be careful what I eat!” he teased, and ordered a totally healthy egg-white omelet. But then he ordered a coffee drink to go with it—some kind of whipped mocha frappe concoction—and all his nutritional hard work went right out the window. I didn’t want to ruin his appetite, so I held my tongue. But my buddy made a classic mistake: He was watching what he ate, but not what he drank. The damage: more than 400 additional calories, slurped from a paper cup.
Read more here: Unhealthiest Coffee Drinks in America
Coffee price announcement
Tim Hortons Inc. (TSX:THI) chief executive Don Schroeder is optimistic that a good year for Columbian coffee crops could mean the price of your morning cup of joe will hold steady for the foreseeable future.
While the head of Canada’s iconic coffee and doughnut chain didn’t make any promises about holding back from price increases, he did provide a glimpse of a brighter future for coffee lovers who were burned last year when a smaller crop and bad weather helped raise the price of a cup of coffee.
Read more here: Tim Hortons coffee prices could hold steady on good crop, says CEO
10 Best destinations to get a fresh cup of coffee
Love your cup of joe every morning and/or afternoon, evening? Then stay tuned as TripAtlas.com brings you 10 of the top destinations around the world to travel to if you are looking for a fresh cup of coffee straight from its source.
These 10 best coffee-producing regions are great travel destinations for those looking to experience coffee on a different level.
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Wake up and smell the costs of coffee
Ever since – as the story goes – a goatherd brought coffee beans down from the Ethiopian highlands, humans have been held in the thrall of coffee. Espresso is a “pressed” and concentrated form of coffee, and when you add a dollop or a dose of steamed, frothy milk to it you get – respectively – a cappuccino or a latte. Once an acquired taste of more metropolitan coffee consumers, espresso is now a major part of many North American’s coffee routine.
And where once you would just order a regular old cup of Joe (or a double-double), now you have many options for dressing up your “coffee drink.” Too many, if you listen in on an order at most coffee shops these days: flavoured syrups, toppings galore, whipped cream, various levels of dry or wet foam. But what’s the cost of all of this coffee extravagance – to our health as well as to our savings accounts?
Read more: Wake up and smell the costs of coffee
Coffee perks up memory
Attention ladies of a certain age: a cup (or three) of java may do more than to help you wake up – it just might protect your memory.
A recent French study found that women aged 65+ who drank more than three cups of coffee per day – or the equivalent amount of caffeine found in tea – were 30 per cent less likely to have memory decline than women who drank one cup or less of coffee daily.
The findings, published in the August 7, 2007, issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, also showed that the benefits of caffeine appear to increase with age. Women over the age of 80 were 70 per cent less likely to have a failing memory.
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Study: Coffee linked to lowered diabetes risk
If you relish drinking coffee, you may be brewing up a healthy dose of prevention from type 2 diabetes.
Dutch and American researchers reviewing a variety of studies found that participants who habitually drank coffee had a lower risk for developing type 2 diabetes. The team based their results on nine studies involving more than 190,000 people and 8,394 cases of type 2 diabetes in Europe and the United States.
The researchers determined that people who consumed more than six or seven cups of coffee a day had a 35% lower risk of the disease than those who downed less than two cups a day. Moreover, people who drank between four and six cups had a 28% lower risk as compared to those who drank less than two cups daily.
Read more: Study: Coffee linked to lowered diabetes risk
