Coffee

"The new study found that long-time coffee drinkers were no more likely to die earlier than people who didn't drink coffee. In fact, coffee drinkers had a slightly lower chance of dying during the study than people who didn't drink coffee, mainly because they were less likely to die from heart disease. These findings were strongest for women coffee drinkers.

Interestingly, the results were similar whether people drank regular or decaffeinated coffee, suggesting that something in the coffee other than caffeine might have a favourable effect.

Coffee drinking didn't seem to affect people's chances of dying from cancer." - based on a study from the Annals of Internal Medicine

Also: "This is a damn fine cup of coffee." - Agent Cooper

Pendergrast, Mark. Uncommon Grounds: The History Of Coffee And How It Transformed Our World. Basic Books: New York, 1999. An in-depth guide to coffee's history, corporate and cultural.

Coffee is my favorite addiction. It relates to my art in that it is almost constantly at my side or in my system as I am working; but in a more corporeal sense, I am beginning to experiment with the liquid as a medium.