Hardly a day goes by without some annoying health report about how one drink or another is good/bad for you. Last week it was wine kills women. The next day wine saves you from esophageal cancer. Take your pick. Pretty simple answer for me!

Then there are the good/bad coffee studies which get broken down into sub-categories of caffeine or no-caffeine. I am a full throttle triple espresso gal who occasionally. to make people happy, makes a double decaf espresso. These studies indicate how too much coffee can be a problem and then follow it with a note how coffee staves off strokes. Same week.

Now, here’s a good one: coffee consumption surpasses sales of soft drinks. Maybe it’s the cold winter and hot java wrapper combination or just the soothing affect of warm coffee dripping into a cup. Maybe it’s the aromatic smell that wafts through the house with its cheerful wake-up. Maybe it’s none of those, and it’s just that a good cup of coffee tastes great.

So if young people are drinking more coffee, maybe it’s because there is so much variety; so many types of coffees available. Wait, we could be talking about the number of soft drink or vitamin-enchanced beverages. Think the answer is simple: young people know a good drink when they see one. They are just joining the national beverage club which trends towards more coffee.

Make mine a triple espresso, please.