read more Two of the guys from work were heading for a bite to eat and I knew they were passing my favourite coffee shop, so I asked if they would grab me some beans. I should have known better. I sent Englishman Marc - a definite English breakfast tea drinker - with Nathan, who surely if he is from Kansas would drink coffee, right? Wrong! They had written precise notes - strong but not too bitter - but stumbled on whether I wanted the beans ground or whole. Given that it was for the machine at work as we had run out, you'd have thought they would have noticed the beans being ground for hundreds of cups of coffee each week. Their return was greeted by applause as we have become attached to our barista machine. As a coffee drinker, I found this week's story in our magazine on caffeine really insightful. It's not the vices and virtues of a soy trim decaf mocha versus a long black with an extra shot. It tells you whether coffee affects fertility, counts as part of your fluid intake, or reduces your cancer risk. Grab a cuppa and have a read.