The next time you want someone to agree with your views, just put forth your ideas before him/her, over a cup of coffee, as a new research has revealed that caffeine works best to get messages through in the morning.

Alan Adler of admits he wasn't much of a coffee lover. In fact, more times than not, it just upset his stomach.

Fortune Elkins, a 44-year-old Web designer, sat down with three friends around a lazy Susan in midtown Manhattan one recent afternoon to perform her favorite relaxation ritual: coffee cupping.

Somewhere in the midst of all those hockey headlines, there ought to be room for some news from the coffee playoffs.

Starbucks Corp., the world's largest coffee shop chain, agreed to open its first stores in Brazil to further bolster its presence overseas. Starbucks formed a joint venture with Cafes Sereia do Brasil Participacoes SA, a Brazilian holding company led by local retailers, to form Starbucks Brasil Comercio de Cafes Ltda. Locations will be opened throughout Brazil, with the first shop scheduled for Sao Paulo within a year. Brazil is the No. 2 coffee-consuming nation after the U.S. and the largest producer of coffee beans.