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 plays an outsized role in culture, from movies to the news media. These stories focus on coffee's continued cultural relevance.
Coffee is always in the news, from health studies to novel products to stunt job postings. But what do these “earned media” stories tell us about the motivations behind such coverage?
Today, there are more celebrity coffee companies than ever. But as Rudy Coffee has demonstrated, that might not be a good thing.
While it can often seem immune from criticism, there is one place where the coffee industry is held to account: Instagram meme pages.
Musicians with their own blend, or sometimes their own coffee company, is a small but growing niche. What's that about?
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