Coffee may reduce risk of heart disease, certain cancers and even dementia

Some frothy coffee confections can have as many calories as a meal, but health experts say little can beat a fragrant, fresh cup of Joe, writes Helen O’Callaghan.

“IT’S not real,” I was told in my local Starbucks when I looked for a Unicorn Frappuccino. Not real? The much-hyped, colour-changing, flavour-changing concoction that had social media in a frenzy?

Starbucks’ own description of the drink sounds like a potion straight out of a fairytale — ‘made with sweet dusting of pink powder, blended into crème Frappuccino with mango syrup and layered with pleasantly sour blue drizzle’.