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"Next time you plunk down $4 for a cup of gourmet coffee, consider thanking the anonymous laborers who harvested the beans that went into it. The best coffees use handpicked beans, "because the fruits of a coffee tree do not ripen uniformly and, thus, there are both mature and immature fruit on...

..with sufficient purchase, at Great Coffee.com: "Enter KENYA for a Free Pound of Coffee We've added a new coupon feature to our website that allows us to offer member-only specials. For example, if you place an order of more than $35 on our website today, enter KENYA in the coupon field as...

Iced coffee at The Bean or Sanibel Bean on Sanibel Island, Florida: great dark, rich, smooth and strong! Highly recommended for the coffees, ice creams, breakfasts, ambience, WIFI internet service, all around coolness! Don't miss it if you're on Sanibel! They also have a website and sell...

Fulfilling Your Thirst The report, issued today by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, says that most healthy Americans meet their daily hydration needs by letting thirst be their guide, rather than by following the old "eight to nine glasses a day" rule....... The report...

http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994680

Been drink'n' a couple of Maine Coffee Roasters varieties. Not very impressive, overall. Kona disappointing. New Guinea Estate OK, but not memorable. Tanzania Peaberry excellent- but I tend to like that one in general. I've switched this last week to some Katahdin Coffee Breakfast Blend...

Reported in this month's (March 2004) Runner's World Magazine: Caffeine blocks adenosine from activating pain response in nerve fibres, thus reducing pain.....

http://www.the-scientist.com/yr2004/feb ... 40202.html

Not much really new here, but a summary of beneficial effects and overall positive review: http://content.health.msn.com/content/a ... /96454.htm

Oddly Enough - UK Reuters Fancy a coffee-flavoured steak? Mon Jan 12, 8:34 PM ET SEATTLE (Reuters) - The city that spawned America's obsession with strong, dark coffee is giving locals a popular new coffee-flavoured steak, even while the mad cow scare that started in Washington state...

"Caffeine alone induced a concentration- and time-dependent inhibition of DNA synthesis. It inhibited the entry of human fibroblasts into S phase by 70-80% regardless of the presence or absence of wildtype ATM or p53. Caffeine also enhanced the inhibition of cell proliferation induced by UVC in...

Coffee May Cut Type 2 Diabetes Risk But Don't Up Your Java Intake Just Yet By Jeanie Lerche Davis Reviewed By Brunilda Nazario, MD on Monday, January 05, 2004 WebMD Medical News Jan. 5, 2004 -- Coffee drinkers seem to have a lower risk of diabetes, a new study suggests. But don't...

Gave a pound of Pele Kona to my mom and dad. Gave a blend from a local roaster to my brother. Got 1/2 lbs. Panamanian from my sister, a pound of Kona from my wife, a pound of New Guinea Peaberry from my kids, and 1/2 of organic "Christmas Blend" from "Santa"! :-D A very merry Christmas...

I got about 5 lbs. of beans for Christmas, so far! Kona, New Guinea Peaberry, Panamanian, and some blends also! Happy Holidays to All!! :-D

Blood Pressure - In a study of 1,017 male former medical students (mean age 26 years) who graduated between 1948 and 1964, for a median follow-up of 33 years, consumption of 1 cup of coffee a day raised systolic blood pressure by 0.19 mmHg and diastolic pressure by 0.27 mmHg after adjusting for...

Alzheimers Disease - In a study of 54 individuals with Alzheimers disease compared with 54 control subjects, caffeine exposure was found to be independently and significantly inversely associated with Alzheimers disease. Maia L, de Mendonca A, Eur J Neurol, 2002;9:377-382. (Address: Alexandre de...

Coffee Does Not Raise Arthritis Risk -Study Fri Dec 12, 1:43 PM ET http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=s ... thritis_dc Rather a "not bad news" story.

From BioMedNet: http://gateways.bmn.com/sreport/previou ... 02&story=1 "If one could develop drugs that are absolutely safe, that have no down side, then I think that these would be used as memory enhancers for people who are middle-aged or younger." At the University of Cambridge, clinical...

The Farmers Stike Back: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/29/busin ... ee.html?th

From Runner's World: http://www.runnersworld.com/home/0,1300 ... forrunners

Anyone here ever make iced coffee with ice cubes made from coffee?

Euro Coffee Reviews: WWW Sampler Warning!-Amateur Review. My own predispositions regarding coffee: I like a smooth, flavorful but balanced and somewhat acid coffee, one I can drink in volume without becoming either tired of or overwhelmed by the flavor. I usually find very exotic coffee...

LONDON (Reuters) - Coffee prices fell on Wednesday on futures markets, with speculators looking to sell, against a background of a favorable supply outlook, traders said. "We have seen speculator selling. I don't think there has been much fund selling but definitely some origin (producer)...

Surfing about the links at the left side of the pages here, I stumbled onto Storyhouse Coffee's site. They offer quite a nice deal on samples, wherein one pays only for shipping for small amounts of their beans! Great way to try out some interesting sounding coffees: http://www.storyhouse.com/...

Yesterday I'm at the grocery store, and I'm sort of in between coffees (got some Organic Timor coming from Uncommon Grounds in Berkeley, but it won't arrive till later in the week). I'm pretty cheap, as a rule, so I figure I might as well give 8 O'clock's 100% Columbian a try, as I've read good...

Do they work? Anyone got any recommendations on specific models, brands, etc.? Thanks

http://houseandhome.msn.com/Food/Espres ... eats0.aspx

Fara Cafe's Special Roast (Dark) Company: Fara Cafe URL: http://www.faracafe.com/ Reviewer: tintinet OK. Got some initial impressions of Fara Cafe's Special Roast (Dark). Please note I am a rank amateur when it comes to reviews of coffees. I've already mentioned the great website aesthetics...

http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1447855

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/25/techn ... op.html?th Fun piece! :D