Published on: September 29, 2018 at 5:00 AM

By Adam Pope

The last thing anyone wants to hear, as National Coffee Day approaches Sept. 29 and stores offer celebratory discounts, is something negative about America’s favorite brew. Not to worry – it has been all good news lately, with nearly two-thirds (64 percent) of Americans age 18 and older drinking a cup the previous day, according to a nationwide survey in 2017 from the National Coffee Association. Those are numbers not seen since the mid-1970s, when coffee’s reign seemed in danger from soft drinks.

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