Caf or decaf? No matter how you like your buzz, there’s a new study out and it’s worth knowing about. Coffee, caffeinated or decaf, is still my favorite beverage. You already know where to find all my BEAN Around the World posts (best places to drink coffee), but from time to time, I like to talk about coffee in general.

I wanted to make sure that you knew a new study came out on the benefits of coffee, no matter the caffeine content. It’s what’s called a correlation study covering a half million adults in the U.K. It was published in JAMA: Internal Medicine. They found that coffee drinkers lived longer. And in fact, they found that people who drank a few cups per day had a 12% to 18% lower risk of early death.

What I alluded to that was so interesting about this study is that decaf-coffee drinkers received the same benefits. We forget sometimes that although many people drink caffeinated coffee for the stimulant effect, both regular and decaf coffee contain antioxidants. Antioxidants fight off inflammation, which is a good thing! Inflammation damages our cells, and over time it causes diseases like heart disease, Alzheimer’s, and type 2 diabetes.

If you want to know more about these studies, look here.