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At the top of each page in this Coffee Facts section you’ll find links to an overview of the history of coffee, a timeline of the brew, and coffee terms so you can act like you know what you’re talking about. Or, you can just quote some experts. We’ll be adding more information as time allows.
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FROM THE SCIENCE NEWS LETTER; January 14, 1928:
COFFEE CALLED BENEFICIAL
Woman drinking her 150th cup of coffee.Devotees of the coffee cup will welcome the glad tidings, announced by Prof. Ralph H. Cheney of the biology department of New York University, that coffee is not only harmless but beneficial. “Evidence derived from my study of the effect of coffee on animals and man,” Prof. Cheney declared recently, “indicates that the properly prepared beverage is highly advantageous with respect to over 90 per cent of normal individuals. Judging from the effect of aqueous solutions of caffeine or of the coffee beverage taken through the stomach in the 1.5 grain quantities such as exist in the average coffee cup, the reasonable use of coffee is a great blessing to man. To be sure, caffeine is a drug and its use can be abused but acute injury, as far as caffeine content is concerned, would necessitate the consumption of over 150 cups which is, of course, ridiculous.
Links to Other Coffee Sites
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Coffee Research - Your source for coffee and espresso tutorials, reviews, and original java related content.
Coffee Factiods, Stories, and Trivia - Just more of this, but more nonetheless.
The Coffee Science Information Center - CoSIC was set up to work with independent scientists to develop factual overviews of the large, and often conflicting, volume of data concerning coffee and its effects on health.
CoffeeScience.org - A service of the National Coffee Association.
Coffee Kids - Grounds for Hope Program. This group works with local non-governmental community organizations in Latin America to create education, health-care, training, and microenterprise programs for coffee farmers and their families.
