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Videos
Is cold- or hot-brewed coffee better for you?
The difference between cold- and hot-brew coffee.
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Explore the health benefits of coffee consumption
The possible health benefits of coffee consumption.
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Why can coffee act as a laxative?
Understanding the potential laxative effects of coffee.
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How does caffeine affect the human body and brain?
Learn about caffeine's effects on the human body.
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Images
coffee beans, ground coffee, and instant coffee
Roasted coffee beans, ground coffee, and instant coffee in paper bags.
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coffeehouse, 17th-century England
English coffeehouse during the Restoration, painting from 1668. Some of the most...
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drying coffee beans
Turning coffee beans for even drying in the Costa Rican heartland, near San José.
Elizabeth Harris from Stone—CLICK/Chicago
coffee
Jars of fair-trade coffee beans on the counter of a coffee shop in Johannesburg,...
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Interactives
Caffeine content of popular drinks.
How much caffeine is found in drinks.
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