Café Cibales

Puerto Rico's Coffee Culture

“Quieres un cafecito? (Would you like a little coffee?) is a typical welcome when you visit a Puerto Rican home. Mornings, in Puerto Rico have smelled of coffee for centuries. The typical morning ritual in Puerto Rican households include one or two cups of coffee before leaving the house, an additional cup of coffee at mid morning, another cup after lunch, one at mid afternoon and another after dinner. With sugar or without, with milk or black, big cup or small cup... we love our coffee!

Large Study Sees No Coffee-Heart Disease Connection

The Tufts University Health and Nutrition Letter reports on a research conducted by Harvard Univeristy and the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid that suggests that there is no link between coffee consumption and heart disease. The study's break through underscores that correlation is not equal causation. In the sample of over 120,000 individuals it was evident many coffee drinkers have other less healthy habits that may increase heart disease. SO, keep your coffee warm and jump to action: stay healthy.

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To Your Health! Coffee a Source of Fiber

Interesting article on Healthline sums up various positive findings about coffee consumption. Below we include original link to research by the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

Excerpt from Healthline:

"Coffee lovers may be raising their cups—and perhaps eyebrows—at the recent news (in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry) that the drink contains soluble fiber, the type that can help lower cholesterol. With about 1 gram per cup, coffee's fiber impact is modest. But the report is the latest in a growing stream of positive news about coffee.