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Ethiopian coffee served with popcorn In Ethiopia, coffee isn’t a mere beverage but a celebration, and much like chai in India, it is a community activity. But as opposed to a refreshment, Ethiopians have their coffee along with, and often, after meals, too. But we rarely look beyond the coffee ...

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Araku Valley, the highlands of the Eastern Ghats mountain range overlooking the Bay of Bengal, is brewing one of the best coffees in the world and its aroma just got headier with the Geographical Indication (GI) tag it was recently awarded. Located 2,985 feet above sea level, coffee plantations here ...

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ZURICH (Reuters) – Switzerland on Wednesday announced plans to abolish the nation’s emergency stockpile of coffee, in place for decades, after declaring the beans not vital for human survival, though opposition to the proposal is brewing. FILE PHOTO: An employee checks freshly roasted coffee beans during cooling down in a ...

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Finding it hard to concentrate? Just looking at something that reminds us of coffee can cause our minds to become more alert and attentive, according to a new study. “Coffee is one of the most popular beverages and a lot is known about its physical effects,” said Sam Maglio, Associate ...

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Related News Coffee is known to increase alertness. (Source: File Photo) Most people prefer coffee as their early morning beverage – thanks to its refreshing aroma and the much needed energetic boost it promises. However, the caffeine content in coffee has always been a major health concern which has kept ...

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Researchers from Kanazawa University in Japan have studied the effects of two compounds found in coffee, kahweol acetate and cafestol. (Source: File Photo) In a first, scientists have identified compounds found in coffee which may inhibit the growth of prostate cancer. The study, published in the journal The Prostate, was ...

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Two-year-old Ananya loves her coffee. She waddles up to her parents’ table and with her little hands helps herself to their tumblers of coffee. “It’s in the blood,” laughs her mother Divya Jayashankar, founder of Beachville Coffee Roasters. At her spacious roastery — largely barren except for a few white ...

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I have been binging on Netflix, and one series in particular — Castle — has me glued to the television set. I admire the investigators, I like the murder mysteries, I laugh at their jokes: and I am gripped by excitement every time I see the characters move towards a ...

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Hello Cyrus, I am a 24-year-old woman. I’ve been dating a younger guy for the last 2 years. However, I’m not really sure if our parents would agree on this relationship. What should I do? — RV Younger than 24? I mean is there such a number. Frankly, I just ...

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We are in one of the kopitiams, small coffee joints that dot Kuala Lumpur. Even as we take in the invigorating aroma at an Old Town White Coffee outlet, coffee master Tansen Cheang, brings us cups of the frothy creamy Malaysian coffee. “Coffee is is an all-time choice for Malaysians,” ...

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