Some interesting information on coffee, Columbia and cycling.
A few weeks ago, I received an email from a reader who, perhaps rightfully, asked why I hadnt written about coffee in my series of “culinary secrets” posts. This, he thought, was a highly unusual omission on my part. I certainly see his point. The rise of Colombian cycling on the world stage was largely defined by the Cafe De Colombia team, which was itself sponsored by the National Federation of Coffee Growers. For several years at the Tour De France, the King Of The Mountains classification was sponsored by the Federation. At the Vuelta A España, the polka dot jersey was actually redesigned to make the polka dots coffee beans after the Federation of Coffee Growers sponsored that jersey too.
Studies show that we may be benefitting from more than just the energy-boosting caffeine in coffee — we might also be reaping its cancer-preventing and depression-lowering effects, just to name a couple.
