For paid subscribers: Today, Sweden is famous for its love of coffee. But historically that hasn’t always been the case, and one particular ruler’s attempts to prove coffee’s harmful health impacts may have been the world’s first randomised controlled trial.
Acquisitions and consolidation have always been part of coffee. Does the latest wave point to an industry in decline—or one ripe for renewal?
Why drink coffee when you can spray caffeine directly onto your tongue?
In which the International Coffee Organization launches a living income study, Tim Hortons opens in Pakistan to popular acclaim, and some tech bros want to disrupt the coffee industry (as well as the wellness, vitamin and, er, medicine industries) using a spray doohickey.
Read the full Roundup over at Fresh Cup Magazine:
Until next week, it’s goodbye from me and goodbye from Merlin:
Coffee News Roundup: Week Ending October 3rd
A newsletter about coffee—its culture, politics, and how it connects to the wider world.
