Vices: Is coffee good or bad for you?

There’s not many of us who don’t wake up to a coffee or tea in the morning. But is this little ritual a good or bad thing for our collective health?

In this episode, Cosmos journalist Petra Stock stocks up on caffeine to find out. Joined by Dr Crystal Yates and Kitty Pham, as well as the fantastic baristas at Heartattack and Vine in Melbourne, they grind down myths about coffee, tea and caffeine in general.

This episode was produced by Evrim Yazgin and edited by Andrew Wyrill. Theme music by Will Berryman.

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