Monica

There’s a number of obvious factors that influence how much coffee you drink. How much sleep you got last night, for instance, or how many times your needy cat woke you up. The proximity of the nearest Starbucks to your office. The number of urgent and acutely stressful deadlines clogging your diary. But before you chastise

Research suggest that the aroma of coffee – which has no caffeine in it – can help people perform  analytical tasks. Research at Stevens Institute of Technology suggests that the aroma of coffee helped students undertaking a Graduate Management Aptitude Test, or GMAT, a computer adaptive test required by many business schools. The work, led

Starbucks Corporation has confirmed that Scott Maw, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, is retiring with effect from 30 November 2018. Mr Maw has been in the role since February 2014. Starbucks has launched an external search for a new CFO. After his retirement, Mr Maw will continue to support the transition in a

A paper published in JAMA Internal Medicine suggests that drinking coffee is good for human health. The authors of the study noted that moderate coffee consumption has been inversely associated with mortality. However, they asked, does heavy intake, particularly among those with common genetic polymorphisms that impair caffeine metabolism, increase risk of mortality? They found

Lavazza in Italy is to acquire Blue Pod Coffee in Australia. The latest deal involving the company follows on the heels of its acquisition of French brand Carte Noire and Denmark’s Merrild. The company also recently acquired Kicking Horse Coffee in Canada, France’s ESP and Italian coffee pods and machines company Nims. In a statement,

Good teamwork begins with a cup of coffee for everyone, a new study suggests. Researchers found that people gave more positive reviews of group performance on a task – and their own contribution – if they drank caffeinated coffee beforehand. A second study showed that people talked more in a group setting under the influence

The National Coffee Association in the US has hailed a finding by the World Health Organization’s cancer research arm that coffee cannot be classified as carcinogen. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has published detailed findings of a full evaluation of coffee. The comprehensive 500-page study released by the World Health Organization (WHO)

Citing recent findings by the World Health Organization’s cancer research body, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment in California wants to overturn a decision that coffee should bear a health warning. As recently reported by C&CI, a judge in California recently ruled that, under California’s Proposition 65, coffee companies involved in lawsuits brought by

Roasters are being advised to carefully follow advice issued by the Centers for Disease Control in order to prevent possible health issues associated with the chemical diacetyl A number of coffee roasters investigated by the US Centers for Disease Control have been found to have high levels of the chemical diacetyl and other potentially harmful