I love coffee. You probably do too. Maybe you’re drinking it while reading this, as I am while writing it. And we’re not alone. Coffee consumption was already huge but it’s only getting bigger.

Nearly 70% of American adults drink coffee every day, making it more popular than any other drink including tea or soda. Daily drinkers like me consume an average of three cups (at least!), totaling roughly 150 billion cups annually, with over 99% of this coffee imported to fuel a $100+ billion annual industry.

It’s something the National Coffee Association regularly tracks and reports on as part of their National Coffee Data Trends report. And the latest installation finds that coffee is the most popular beverage, more popular than water, and frankly … should we be concerned for our health?

Of the regular coffee drinkers, 85% said they drank coffee at home, which is the highest percentage since 2012, further supporting the idea that making coffee at home has becoming increasingly popular. 36% stated they consume coffee outside of the home. In terms of the coffee consumed, when looking at those who drank some joe in the past week, 62% said they had “traditional” coffee, understood here to mean not specialty. Specialty coffee meanwhile clocked in at 58% for the same group.

But according to Tasting Table, when it comes to downing coffee, the Nordic countries are the true champions. While the rankings vary from year-to-year, Finland consistently tops the charts, with a whopping 26 pounds consumed on average per person, per year. That's more than double the average American. The Finns even have different words for all the times of day they consume coffee, including likematkakahvi, meaning "traveling coffee," or saunakahvi, which is “sauna coffee.” Sounds nice, right?

But if you’ve noticed your beans costing more lately, there’s a slew of reasons for it: from tariffs and international conflicts to extreme weather, including droughts in Brazil and Vietnam. And the Wall Street Journal says it’s not likely to change anytime soon.

Earlier this week, the White House confirmed the plan for the next round of diplomatic talks in Islamabad: Vice President JD Vance would be there again. But then President Donald Trump said otherwise, saying Vance would stay home due to security concerns. The contradictory remarks highlighted a continuing challenge for the administration: Trump’s oscillating claims have led to confusion and required clean-up by his staff.

Maybe Vance will be there for a new round of peace talks. Maybe not. But Iran’s Foreign Ministry said “no decision has been made” on whether to hold new talks. He accused the United States of wanting Iran to surrender and said that on the contrary, Iran has been preparing “to reveal new cards on the battlefield.” With the ceasefire set to end Wednesday, Trump renewed threats to “knock out every single Power Plant, and every single Bridge, in Iran” if there is no deal.

The other concern? Oil prices climbed again on Monday following the latest rise in tensions between the United States and Iran, but the moves were more modest than they were earlier in the war. U.S. stocks, meanwhile, gave back a bit of their record-breaking rally.

Did you hear about the humanoid robot that won a half-marathon race for robots in Beijing over the weekend? While they used to lumber forward with an unusual gate, this robot ran faster than the human world record in a show of China’s technological leaps.

From friendly competition to the battlefield … Ukraine is sending machines into the battlefield in place of human soldiers in their war against Russia. They’ve been struggling with troop shortages and have been seeking ways to defend themselves without risking heavy loss of human lives. CNN says this is the future of warfare and it’s happening now. As the commander of an Ukrainian unit said, “Human life is priceless, whereas robots do not bleed. Based on this, my position is that robotic ground systems need to be developed much faster, on a much larger scale, and implemented as a global system for use.”

Meanwhile, those delivery robots rolling down your sidewalk have cameras, sensors, and a constant need to dodge whatever is in their path. Think fallen e-scooters, construction zones and tricky curbs. That data gets stored so that other robots know what lies ahead of them—and it’s now going to the world’s most widely used GPS app for the blind so they can better navigate city streets. So while some argue that those little rolling boxes are taking jobs, they’re at least helping those who desperately need that information.