Coffee: The World's Drug of Choice

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Coffee: The World's Drug of Choice

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Dec 29, 2011

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There's a 98 percent chance you're drinking coffee right now. Maybe not, sure, but coffee is ubiquitous - about 80 percent of Americans consume coffee and Brazil alone has 3 billion coffee plants. Learn all about the great black brew in this episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

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Dec 29, 2011

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