Why Studies on Coffee’s Health Benefits Are So Popular
For paid subscribers: A look at what makes coffee health studies so attractive to news organisations and readers, and how such stories also benefit the coffee industry.
Coffee News Roundup: Week Ending September 13th
A very hefty roundup this week. Here’s some of what happened:
Read more on all these, plus some Keurig coffeewashing, over at Fresh Cup Magazine:
If you missed it, you can catch up with my latest Pourover piece: the coffee shaming of Millennials by millionaire financial gurus and newspaper columnists:
And if that Oregon story piqued your interest and you want to read more about private equity in coffee, I have a whole series about that:
Until next week, it’s goodbye from a very sleepy Merlin:
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