The head of Thailand’s biggest gas station network has $1.5 billion that says motorists will soon be stocking up on a different kind of fuel – coffee. That’s the bet that Jiraporn Kaosawad, Chief Executive of PTT Oil and Retail Business (PTTOR), is placing on rolling out thousands of coffee shops at home and abroad, […]
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Soft commodities such as coffee, sugar, and cocoa have broadly rallied over the past few weeks, steadying after a period of sharp volatility at the height of the coronavirus crisis. Coffee futures for December delivery trading on New York’s Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) are up almost 15% so far this quarter, having begun a steep incline […]
Scientists have discovered that drinking a cup of coffee can stimulate ‘brown fat’, the body’s own fat-fighting defenses, which could be the key to tackling obesity and diabetes



