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ResearchpParticipants who drank more caffeine were less likely to report subjective cognitive decline.

The amount of coffee to drink per day to help cut your dementia risk

Scientists say caffeine might protect brain health because it contains components that reduce neuroinflammation or aid vascular function.

  • Pam Belluck

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Desserts are king.

Ease back into office life with 11 new city spots for lunch, coffee and afternoon treats

Beat the back-to-work blues with breaks centred on cake, bargain lunch plates, iced matcha and even icier coffee.

  • Tomas Telegramma
Love your morning coffee? Drink up. Health experts say it is doing you good.

Yes, coffee is good for you. Here are eight small ways to maximise the benefits

About 75 per cent of Australians enjoy at least one cup of coffee a day. If you want to gain the most health benefits, however, there are “better” ways to drink it, and it has nothing to do with single origin beans.

  • Damon Syson
A new study has found that drinking 2 to 4 cups of coffee a day can reduce frailty.

Love your coffee? It could be reducing your risk of frailty

In the first study of its kind, new research has found that drinking coffee can combat weakness, exhaustion and boost physical activity. But some experts have expressed caution.

  • Jenny Tucker
An injera and curry feast at Gojo.
13.5/20

Gojo Ethiopian Cafe

Spice-laden gem disguised as a simple coffee spot.

Ochazuche set.

Good Food Guide 2026: Melbourne’s top 10 cafes

From specialty coffee shops to hidden cafes and cult bakeries, here are the best places to start your day in Melbourne.

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Pouring the coffee.

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A speciality brew bar that always has something new to try.

A Starbucks barista uses a portable blender to make cold foam in New York.

So long, Starbucks, as Americans’ tastes finally catch up to Australia

Is this standard cost-cutting, a canary in the coal mine for a weakening US economy, or something else?

  • Michael Koziol

Interactive: How much coffee prices have risen in your city (and the order that’s become a ‘moneymaker’ for cafes)

Flat whites, espressos and cold brews: Here’s exactly how much more your daily caffeinated beverage costs you across Australia’s capital cities.

  • Jessica Yun
Frank Lotito is the director of a documentary about Pellegrini’s, a Melbourne institution since 1954.

Sisto, the friendly ghost who haunts a loving tribute to a legendary cafe

It is impossible to talk about Pellegrini’s, the legendary Melbourne cafe, without pining for its murdered former owner, as filmmaker Frank Lotito discovered.

  • Karl Quinn