Most nutritional studies are observational meaning that researchers observe what happens in a given population as a result of consuming a food or beverage without any sort of intervention on their...
Our current methods for decaffeinating coffee are far from ideal. There are a few different methods, all with their own nuanced details, but they all shake out to using some kind of solvent to...
Coffee first appeared in Canadian cups about two hundred years ago, some three hundred years after people in Africa and the Middle East were regularly consuming the beverage. The most popular...
For many students, picking up a coffee from the dining hall before pulling a late nighter at the library is all too familiar. I will admit, I鈥檓 an energy drink fiend. My friends have commented on...
At one time it was used as an aftershave because of its sweet smell.聽聽It was even used to decaffeinate coffee.聽聽Oh my, how times change!聽聽Today we worry about a few parts per billion of benzene in...
The Amazon is a dangerous place, with jaguars, anacondas and piranhas in constant search for their next meal, but you would not have anything to fear from guarana.聽It isn鈥檛 a predator, it鈥檚 a woody...
If you're anything like me, you can't start your day without a cup of coffee. However, if you're anything like me, about 20 minutes after that first cup has been drained, you can be found sitting...