Chronic Stress Is Higher Among Black Women — and It Shows in the Body
The American Psychological Association consistently reports that Black women experience the highest levels of chronic stress among all groups of women.
And the impact is real — not imagined.
A 2025 Boston University study found that Black women exposed to racism across education, housing, policing, and workplaces face a 26% higher risk of heart disease (American Heart Association Newsroom).
Black women have always known this truth:
Stress is not only emotional.
It reshapes the body.
Chronic stress contributes to:
- higher blood pressure
- elevated cortisol
- increased inflammation
- greater cardiovascular risk
Which means your daily moment of calm isn’t a luxury.
It’s medicine for your nervous system.
2. Heart Disease Remains the #1 Killer of Black Women
According to the American Heart Association, nearly half of all Black women live with some form of heart disease.
Research from Emory University further reveals that unresolved childhood trauma — something disproportionately experienced by Black girls — leads to vascular dysfunction later in life, increasing the risk of heart disease.
This reinforces the wisdom Audre Lorde shared decades ago:
“Self-care is survival.”
A few quiet minutes with your morning cup — steady breath, warm hands, slow pace — lowers heart rate, calms the sympathetic nervous system, and creates a moment of physiological safety.
Your morning ritual is literally protecting your heart.
3. Sleep Deprivation Is a Silent Crisis
Studies from the National Sleep Foundation show that Black women:
- get the least deep sleep
- experience more nighttime interruptions
- have higher levels of evening stress
This creates a damaging cycle:
Stress → poor sleep → higher stress → worse heart health
A cycle you didn’t create —
but one you absolutely deserve support in breaking.
A peaceful, intentional morning ritual helps calm the nervous system and supports better long-term rest.
☕ The 92% Coffee: A Ritual for Your Mind, Body & Healing
We didn’t create 92% Coffee to be just another brand.
We built it because:
Black women hold communities together — yet are often the last to receive rest, softness, or wellness resources designed with them in mind.
Your coffee shouldn’t rush you.
It should restore you.
Why Your Cup Feels Different With Us
✨ 1. African-grown beans honor your roots
Coffee was born in Africa — and so is the excellence behind every bean.
Our Kenya AA and Kenya Peaberry offerings reconnect you to that heritage with every sip.
✨ 2. Mindful rituals help counter chronic stress
Research shows that grounding practices — like slow breathing while enjoying something warm — reduce the body’s stress response (Journal of Positive Psychology).
✨ 3. “Pour Into Yourself” isn’t a slogan — it’s a prescription
Research from the National Institutes of Health (2022) confirms that self-care practices help buffer the effects of racism and sexism on Black women’s bodies.
Self-care is strength.
Softness is power.
Rest is resistance.
Your coffee should honor your biology — not work against it.
🪷 A Love Letter to Black Women From The 92% Coffee
You deserve:
- rest
- softness
- long, unhurried mornings
- rituals that heal your heart
- luxury without asking
- joy without guilt
- care without performing strength
You give 100% to the world.
We exist to help you reclaim the 8% that’s left —
and pour it lovingly back into yourself.
So tomorrow morning, when your Kenya AA or Peaberry warms your hands, take a slow breath and remember:
Your body deserves peace.
Your mind deserves stillness.
Your spirit deserves softness.
Your heart deserves protection.
You deserve to pour into yourself — fully, deeply, unapologetically.
Because the world is better when you are well.
And your healing begins right here:
With your morning ritual.
With your cup.
With your care.
With The 92% Coffee.