With 27% claiming they ‘cannot survive’ without it and 75% having at least one cup daily, it’s fair to say that Australians love their coffee, leading many to seek the highest quality and most consistent brew to suit their complex flavour profiles. How have they become such discerning drinkers?

While it's long been a staple dish in Italian cuisine, Italy is seeing a dip in pasta consumption. A focus on healthy eating has led people to look for less heavy meal alternatives, but a cultural attachment to the dish means that Italians might choose to cut portion size rather than embrace courgetti.

Taking eye-popping drinks to new heights, Starbucks is debuting a colour-changing coffee in Asia in a move to court younger people. The visually appealing drink, called the Butterfly Pea Lemonade Cold Brew, uses natural extracts from the butterfly pea flower native to Southeast Asia.

Russia has finally acquired a taste for specialty coffee, fuelling the creation of café chains that have spread internationally and boutique bean roasters that use the dark web for advertising. But what’s leading people to opt for an artisan brew over their regular cup of joe from Starbucks?