Despite the worldwide popularity of traditional coffee beans the berry of the coffee plant has been largely overlooked. The Antioxidant and nutrient packed coffee berry is the bright red, fleshy fruit that surrounds the bean. Up until now, farmers who harvested coffee beans threw away and destroyed the fruit because there was no demand or research for its use, and the pulp was extremely perishable. Over the past four years, one found a way to harvest, transport and extract the pulp to create one Coffee Berry, and thus re-invent the way consumers view (and consume!) coffee today.

 Women who have at least one cup of coffee -- or even five cups -- daily may be reducing their risk of stroke by as much as 25 percent, new Swedish research shows.

And women who don't drink coffee at all may actually be increasing their risk for stroke, the researchers noted.

However, the researchers added, these findings are preliminary and should not cause any change in coffee-drinking habits.

"Results from our study in women showed that consumption of 1 to 5 cups of coffee per day was associated with a 22 to 25 percent lower risk of stroke, compared with consumption of less than 1 cup a day," said lead researchers Susanna Larsson, from the National Institute of Environmental Medicine at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm.

Coffee's Health Benefits

Well, the new year looks good for coffee as studies continue to promote coffee's health benefits. Over the past ten years numerous researchers from all over the world have touted coffee's health benefits. A few studies have suggested that coffee may even prevent Alzheimers disease, diabetes, colon cancer, and numerous other ailments.

We are still in the early stages of confirming many of these studies, but if things continue, it looks like coffee may is poised for even greater consumption...yay!!

GOURMET COFFEE!

 This latest  post by the Wall Street Journal this week summarizes just what some of health benefits are.