http://theshot.coffeeratings.com/2006/10/coffee-and-tea-health-concerns/ Rants and Raves on Espresso Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:15:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://theshot.coffeeratings.com/2006/10/coffee-and-tea-health-concerns/#comment-2806 Espresso News and Reviews - TheShot.coffeeratings.com » Australia: Coffee industry experts spill the beans on baristas Tue, 05 Jun 2007 01:23:29 +0000 http://theshot.coffeeratings.com/?p=299#comment-2806 [...] the beans on baristas - National - smh.com.au (from tomorrow’s Sydney Morning Herald). A little knowledge truly can be a dangerous thing. These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can [...] [...] the beans on baristas - National - smh.com.au (from tomorrow’s Sydney Morning Herald). A little knowledge truly can be a dangerous thing. These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can [...]

]]> http://theshot.coffeeratings.com/2006/10/coffee-and-tea-health-concerns/#comment-578 Espresso News and Reviews - TheShot.coffeeratings.com » How About This New Year’s Coffee Resolution?: A Moratorium On Snake Oil Articles About Coffee Thu, 25 Jan 2007 17:49:38 +0000 http://theshot.coffeeratings.com/?p=299#comment-578 [...] There is something bizarre about the media’s unhealthy obsession with the health merits of coffee. Now this is one case where I truly believe the media are just delivering what consumers want from them. And I’ve already written about this subject. But a prominent article in this month’s Wine Spectator by Mark Pendergrast, author of Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and How it Transformed Our World, prompted further questions for its ironic double standard. [...] [...] There is something bizarre about the media’s unhealthy obsession with the health merits of coffee. Now this is one case where I truly believe the media are just delivering what consumers want from them. And I’ve already written about this subject. But a prominent article in this month’s Wine Spectator by Mark Pendergrast, author of Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and How it Transformed Our World, prompted further questions for its ironic double standard. [...]

]]> http://theshot.coffeeratings.com/2006/10/coffee-and-tea-health-concerns/#comment-377 TheShot.coffeeratings.com » What is your coffee lifestyle? Thu, 07 Dec 2006 08:17:37 +0000 http://theshot.coffeeratings.com/?p=299#comment-377 [...] Which brings me to a somewhat related, disturbing news item released today about the introduction of a new style of coffee in that coffee-as-medicine vein: Slimming coffee to launch in UK. Here we learn, “the drink, named CoffeeSlender, uses a novel, coffee-derived ingredient called Svetol that has been shown in studies to aid weight loss during a diet.” I suppose that after extensive market research, Café Bulimia just wasn’t as appealing — even if it is what all the top models are drinking. [...] [...] Which brings me to a somewhat related, disturbing news item released today about the introduction of a new style of coffee in that coffee-as-medicine vein: Slimming coffee to launch in UK. Here we learn, “the drink, named CoffeeSlender, uses a novel, coffee-derived ingredient called Svetol that has been shown in studies to aid weight loss during a diet.” I suppose that after extensive market research, Café Bulimia just wasn’t as appealing — even if it is what all the top models are drinking. [...]

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