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January 30, 2012 @ 07:47 AM
Coffee drinkers tend to have up to a 25% reduced risk of colon cancer. Research completed in Germany identified a potent antioxidant compound in the popular brew that appears in animal studies to boost the activity of phase II enzymes, which are thought to protect against colon cancer, the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States. A study following over 60,000 Finish men and women – the heaviest coffee consumers in the world - found that even for people drinking 10 or more cups of coffee per day, there was no increased risk of colon cancer.
Coffee lessens the poisonous effect of alcohol on the liver and help prevent cirrhosis. A study of more than 125,000 adults (including both drinkers and non...
January 25, National Irish Coffee Day, begins National Irish Coffee Week – an entire week to celebrate this wonderfully warm rich coffee drink. As with many food and beverage holidays, the holiday origins are sketchy, but the origin of the first Irish Coffee is well documented.
Many small- and large-scale coffee growers have started to use organic practices. 
The continuous use of chemical fertilizer in coffee farming has harmed the soil, reducing coffee production levels. Organic methods have a low impact on the environment, shying away from toxic pesticides and fertilizers and leaning more toward natural methods to build a biologically diverse agriculture. Farmyard manure and agricultural compost are combined to form a compost used to fertilize the plants. Compost provides most of the nutrients the coffee plants need for growth and slowly releases the nutrients are slowly released thereby avoid the build-up of toxic ...
