Can coffee help with weight loss?
One of the recent big coffee news stories looks at the link between weight loss and an intake of coffee.
What are the findings?
Aren’t we all always looking for new and easy ways of losing weight and becoming lean and trim?
If you are a coffee lover, then read on, because you may find the recent research conclusions encouraging.
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The tiger in the coffee
The coffee plantations on the outskirts of the Chethalayath forest range had a surprise visitor recently.
In a rare set of circumstances, a five year old tiger decided to stop by and hunted and killed a wild boar in a local hamlet.
This caused panic in the area, as tigers are excellent predators.
An unexpected visitor for a coffee plantation!
The news reports on the event, however, confirm that there is a happy ending to this story.
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New Zealand chooses its Barista Champion
The world is gearing up for the World Barista Championships, which will take place later in the year.
In readiness, many nations are in the process of choosing their champions to represent their country in the international competition
In the news recently you could find reports of the New Zealand competition – and a winner has now been chosen.
Who has won the title?
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The link between coffee and flying
There has been a story in the news recently which has created an unusual but welcome relationship between coffee-drinkers and frequent-flyers.
This might seem to be something of an unexpected pairing, but, in fact, some clever businessman has thought laterally to create a new way to help coffee-drinkers save money on their airline tickets.
So what is the deal?
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Rwanda could increase coffee output
Africa is a continent which has a strong connection with coffee.
Legend has it that coffee was originally discovered in Ethiopia and many of the countries, such as Kenya and Uganda, have a well-known and much-loved coffee industry.
Perhaps Rwanda is not the first African country which springs to mind when you think about coffee, but it is doing very well, thank you very much and the reports are that it could do very well this year.
Why? What is the news on the block?
Rwanda is expected by some to boost its coffee output by some 50% during 2012.
What is the reason for this encouraging and significant increase?
Towards the end of 2011, there was significant rain in the country, which has helped the growth of their coffee crop – good news for the farmers.
Although the country is a comparatively small coffee producer when measured against the output of, say, Uganda, it is still a relatively fertile area and is looking to boost sales of its speciality coffee.
It grows the Arabica variety of coffee bean and the markets in the United States and also Europe, Japan, together with South Korea, all import the Rwandan coffee bean.
The exports for the country increased significantly, with reports that the figures grew to $75m in 2011, compared to $56m during 2010.
Now the word on the street is that the Rwandans have set their sights on new markets, particularly in the Nordic countries and also in China, a potentially enormous market.
Jamaican coffee makes a come back
For a while, there was some concern for the coffee industry of Jamaica.
The problem, according to experts, was that a low yield was expected this year, thanks to coffee cherry borer.
In addition, the word on the street was that farmers expressed concern about low prices and shrunken markets.
However, there is a happy end to this apparent tale of woe.
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How coffee is helping Haiti
Few of us will have forgotten the terrible images that filled our television screens and the front pages of the newspapers after the recent natural disaster wreaked havoc on the little country.
And few of us will forget, either, the awful difficulties that the Haitians are having in rebuilding their homes and infrastructure and their lives after the chaos.
However, there is a little good news on the horizon in terms of raising money for the country and also to help the locals to develop a self-sustainable way of farming.
What is this new idea?
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What would you pay for a cup of coffee?
Perhaps there is a slightly sarcastic answer on your lips?
The answer must be ‘whatever the coffee shop owner or coffee seller reasonably charges and I agree to pay,’ must surely be the right answer, yes?
In most cases, that is probably correct.
But not in all cases.
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Coffee and the liver
Given the world’s love of coffee, scientists and medics have been interested in the effect of coffee on the human body.
There have been studies which suggest that the drink can help diabetes for instance and many other conditions.
One of the recent stories in the news in terms of the relationship between coffee and health is that of the findings of Dr Fabio Marra.
What did he discover?
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Hugh Jackman has the Coffee Factor
When someone mentions the name of the actor, Hugh Jackman, perhaps one of the first things that springs to mind is his role in the famous series of films, the X Men, as the character Wolverine.
However, the actor has been in the press recently for a very different reason. Hugh has a coffee company called the Laughing Man Coffee & Tea company and, as well as providing some delicious beverages, this organisation is also set up to raise funds for charity.
Many generous hearted celebrities use their status to help raise the profile of worthy organisations all over the world.