Zagat Joins Starbucks Evil Empire of Burned Coffee Beans
It might be hard to believe, but Zagat, for three years running, has voted Starbucks as the #1 Best Coffee among Fast Food and Quick Refreshment chains. This, despite the fact that blind taste tests, including the ones conducted by Consumer Reports, consistently put Starbucks at the bottom of the list, calling their coffee “bitter” and “burned.” […]
Caffeine and Coffee Expert Bennett Alan Weinberg Joins ExpertInsight
NEW YORK, Aug 30, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — How much do you really know about Americans’ number one drug of choice — caffeine? Are you a barista who wants to know more about your craft, a coffee connoisseur, or merely in search of a new way to please your palate or understand the history of […]
Alice Cooper Reveals New Song "Caffeine" from his Forthcoming Album
Alice Cooper has released two songs from his upcoming album, Welcome 2 My Nightmare, into the world. He unveiled the first single, “I’ll Bite Your Face Off,” as well as “Caffeine,” its B-side single, on his Friday night radio show on August 19. A clip of “Caffeine” can be heard on Amazon.co.uk. Alice Cooper Sings “Caffeine” […]
How Caffeine in Coffee Protects Against Skin Cancer
It’s been known for a number of years that caffeine can help lower the chance of being struck with UV-associated skin cancer. Now a team of scientists from Rutgers University and the University of Washington have uncovered one mechanism underlying this protection. By inhibiting a DNA repair pathway, caffeine causes pre-cancerous cells to die after being damaged […]
Mocha Lisa: Updating DaVinci's Masterpiece with Coffee!
Over the years, Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece Mona Lisa has been parodied many times, including when Dada artist Marcel Duchamp gave the subject of the painting a moustache. Now Karen Eland, an American artist and caffeine-lover, has modernized the classic work of art by depicting the model for the painting raising a cup of coffee with her […]
Caffeine vs. Coffee in Athletic and Sports Performance
As we have seen, caffeine is found in a wide variety of sources. Does the form in which caffeine is ingested influence its ergogenic, or energy boosting, effects? In other words, do the energy boosting effects of caffeine vary, depending on whether the caffeine is delivered in a cup of coffee, a caffeine “alertness aid,” […]
Caffeine and Sports: Improving Athletic Performance
Caffeine has always been recognized as an agent that stimulates the release of energy in the body. Among the Aztecs, the energy-giving power of cacao was so jealously prized that, apart from the nobility, only soldiers on campaign and the pochta, a hereditary class of merchant-adventurers, were permitted to use it. (Montezuma I even promulgated […]
Caffeine in Coffee and Tea Fights Antibiotic-Resistant Staph Infections
Nearly 2.5 million people in the United States show signs of harboring MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), a potentially deadly bacterium, inside their noses. New research published in the Annals of Family Medicine supports the conclusion that coffee and tea have antimicrobial properties and that drinking hot coffee or tea can reduce the risk of carrying MRSA […]
Mystery Ingredient in Coffee Adds to Caffeine's Alzheimer’s Disease Protection
It’s been known for several years that caffeine can help stop the development of Alzheimer’s disease and even reverse some of the decrements in mental function caused by the disease. However, according to a new study of mice published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, coffee may afford additional protection to stopping the progression of […]
Coffee Prices Rise and Fall…
On May 3, when Arabica futures contract prices hit a 14-year high of $3 a pound, some analysts predicted prices could reach an unprecedented $4 a pound, as low world supplies of coffee beans left coffee buyers scrambling. However, now forecasters warn that improving prospects for next year’s crop, which has already lowered the cost of […]
