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on coffee talk |
Talking About COFFEE
It all started with : DANCING GOATS
-Ethiopian sheperds first noticed the effects of caffeine when they saw their goats appearing to become frisky and “DANCE” after eating coffee berries ..
ORIGINALLY, Coffee was eaten .. AFRICAN TRIBES MIXED COFFEE BERRIES WITH FAT WHICH FORMES EDIBLE [ENERGY BALLS]
THE RISE OF ISLAM -contributed greatly to the poplarity of coffee.The religion prohibited drinking alcohol,but coffee was considered an acceptable drink ..
FYI, All coffee in the world grows in the BEAN BELT .. “BEAN BELT” is the area between the Tropics of cancer and Capricorn
FACT: Hawaii is the only state in the US that grows coffee ..
70% of the world consumes ARABICA coffee , which is mild and aromatic .. The remaining 30% drinks ROBUSTA , which is more bitter-tasting but has 50% more caffeine than ARABICA .
COFFEE is the second most traded commodity on earth OIL is the first ..
-clearly humanity has a thing for black drippy liquids ..
GEORGE WASHINGTON invented instant coffee : A Belgian man living in Guatemala by the name of George Washington invented it in 1906
ESPRESSO : | e-spres-oh | Its not a particular type of bean,roast or blend ..
- ESPRESSO is just a way that coffee is prepared ..
CAFFEINE : How it works [ ? ]
- > in your brain there’s something called “ADENOSINE” and it only wants to hang out with certain receptors .. when these two get together , you get drowsy ..
- > when CAFFEINE shows up , it attches to the receptors so that “ADENOSINE” cannot ..
- > your pituitary gland sees this and thinks there’s an emergency , so it tells the adrenal glands to produce adrenaline
+ in addition caffeine bumps up your dopamine levels ..
THE RESULT [ ? ]
A CAFFEINE HIGH THE END