How Your Coffee is Made
Whether you prefer your coffee black or white, iced or hot, with friends and loved ones or on your own – we enjoy 3 billion cups of coffee a day worldwide. That's a lot of coffee! Nevertheless, consuming a moderate amount (3-5 cups per day) can be beneficial for your health. Naturally, coffee is rich with health-promoting antioxidants such as polyphenol, which could lower the risk of heart diseases.
Ever wonder how your favourite cuppa is made? Let’s appreciate these 7 steps that transform fresh beans into your flavourful cup of coffee.
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- Roundtable Report - The good things in life: coffee as part of a healthy diet and lifestyle. ISIC the Institute for Scientific Information on Coffee (2016)
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- US Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics.