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Lola’s late bloom

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“COFFEE IS GREAT FOR METABOLISM, ALERTNESS, PREVENTING ALZHEIMER’S, PREVENTING HEADACHES, WEIGHT LOSS, AND IS HIGH IN ANTIOXIDANTS.”

In your 30s, it’s common to try out a new career, have kids or even buy a house, but Lola Berry has just experienced something that many reading this article discovered years ago.

“I’m 31 and I’ve just had coffee for the first time in my entire life,” Lola admits. “I’m a brand newbie to the world of coffee.”

Nutritionist and celebrity cook Lola co-owns owns a smoothie bar in South Melbourne called Happy Place with Salvatore Malatesta, Owner of St Ali, Sensory Labs and Auction Rooms and Lachlan Ward, 2015 Australian Brewers Cup Champion. At a recent meeting at Salvatore’s house, Lola revealed her coffee abstinence to Salvatore’s horror.

“He looked at me absolutely baffled, slash mortified, and said: ‘Stay there.’ He ground

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