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Got latte?
A battle is brewing as fast food chains target coffee concoction
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Melissa Singson, 25, starts her morning with breakfast: no cereal, just a latte.
"It's pretty much the only time of day I get my calcium," said Singson, who lives in Streeterville.
The Northwestern law school student said she orders up the combination
of espresso and steamed milk at least twice a day and supplements her
caffeine addiction with regular coffee throughout the day.
While she said it gets expensive to drink lattes all the time, she finds her preferred coffee drink comforting.
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Coffee Drinking Lowers Women's Stroke Risk
Two or more cups a day boosts protection for nonsmokers, study finds
By Alan Mozes
HealthDay Reporter
MONDAY, Feb. 16 (HealthDay News) -- Drinking coffee appears to lower the risk for stroke among women, with more consumption translating into more protection, Spanish and American researchers suggest.
The finding stems from the tracking of both coffee habits and stroke occurrence among tens of thousands of American women across nearly a quarter century. And it adds to earlier indications that coffee might also offer some protection against diabetes, while not raising the risk for heart trouble.
However, the current evidence also includes a cautionary note for smokers: Their habit seems to wipe out whatever protection long-term coffee drinking might otherwise confer.
"Many people have been very concerned that coffee might actually be a risk factor for stroke, that it might, in fact, increase the risk of stroke," said the study's co-author, Rob M. van Dam, an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health, in Boston. "But here we saw that it might end up being beneficial rather than detrimental."
The findings were released Monday for the March 3 issue of Circulation.
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McDonald's Brews A Cuppa Competition
Sandra Pedicini- Sentinel Staff Writer
Hoping to cash in
on the specialty-coffee market, McDonald's has begun offering lattes,
mochas and cappuccinos in many of its restaurants, including some in
the Orlando area.
By mid-2009, all 186 Central Florida locations plan to offer McCaf�
beverages from espresso machines that grind Arabica beans and shoot out
steamed milk with the press of a button.
"They're a little watered down, but they're cheaper than Starbucks,"
said Nikki Roadcap, 27, of Maitland, sipping an iced vanilla latte at a
Maitland McDonald's last week.
McDonald's officials downplay competition with Starbucks, whose name is
synonymous with fancy coffee, trendy stores and high prices.
But in this economy, McDonald's could steal some Starbucks customers
with its cheaper specialty coffees, said Steve West, a
restaurant-industry analyst for Stifel Nicolaus.
"People don't really have the money to go to Starbucks and drop four or
five bucks for a latte and a cappuccino anymore," West said.
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Caribou: Free Decaf Friday Afternoon
The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area - by John Vomhof Jr.
A day after Starbucks Corp. said it will continuously brew decaffeinated coffee only until noon to trim costs, Caribou Coffee Co. Inc. responded Thursday by announcing it will give away free decaf. Well, at least for one afternoon.
Brooklyn Center, Minn.-based Caribou (NASDAQ: CBOU) will offer free 12-ounce cups of decaffeinated coffee from noon until close at all of its stores on Friday. The company has a store at Friendly Center in Greensboro.
"Decaf drinkers deserve better," Caribou Coffee Senior Vice President of Marketing Alfredo Martel said in a statement. "Caribou Coffee is first and foremost a coffeehouse, emphasis on coffee. We strive to give our customers the very best coffee, when, where and how they want it. And if that means a cup of decaffeinated coffee in the afternoon, then we're more than happy to oblige."
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Just Roasted Coffees presents Bodum's Chambord French Press
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