Organic coffee plantation have more chance to survive global warming

As global warming predictions become gloomier the evidence is accumulating: coffee plantations using organic systems have more chance of surviving. Some expert sources are saying up to 70% of coffee growing area is under threat, while the loss of bee species is  likely to reduce yields. The good news is that a thriving ecosystem increases coffee production and not…

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Keep your coffee in the fridge

Basic science says keep your coffee in the fridge. Or does it? At Coffee Plant we advise coffee enthusiasts to get your beans as freshly roasted as possible and keep them in the fridge. Nobody is arguing about the freshly roasted bit, but a report in the coffee trade press quotes a well known coffee shop’s advice to store…

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Study says coffee drinkers live longer: massive sample

In an ongoing health study of around half-a-million British adults, coffee drinkers were found to be about 10 percent to 15 percent less likely to die than non-coffee drinkers over a ten year period. The study was conducted by the National Cancer Institute in the US. Similar studies have shown similar results in the past but not with such…

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