Whether people prefer coffee or tea may boil down to a matter of taste genetics. People with a version of a gene that increases sensitivity to the bitter flavor of caffeine tend to be coffee drinkers, ...

Genome-wide association studies have indicated that a preference for certain tastes can be traced back to genes. New work by scientists at Northwestern University has indicated that people who prefer ...

Intriguing new research has revealed that people with a preference for drinking coffee over tea tend to display a genetic variant that signals a higher sensitivity to tasting bitterness in caffeine.

Consumption of sugary drinks and alcohol has long been related to numerous diseases, so with this in mind, Marilyn Cornelis and colleagues at Northwestern University began looking for the source of ...

India’s preference for extra-strong coffee is no accident, it’s the result of tradition, and daily ritual converging in the ...