Coffee

Hi internet, today I am going to talk about my favorite drink in the world. Coffee!:) I love this drink however I do restrict myself to drink about once per month. Apparently my body is sensitive to caffeine hence once I drink a cup of coffee, MY MIND LAST FOR A WHOLE DAY 24 HOURS... Anyways I recently watched a YouTube video about coffee. It talked about its history,uses and benefits. It was pretty good, I will post the video on this blog.

SO HOW DID IT ALL STARTED??

Knowledge 1: The Ethiopians first noticed the effects of the caffeine when they saw goats jumping around after eating coffee berries. Exactly like that goat:)

How was it originally eaten??

Knowledge 2: Coffee are originally eaten by mixing coffee berries with fats but I do not know what kind of fats. I am guessing goat fat:) These delicacies are made by African tribes.

Where do they come from and the consumers?

Knowledge 3:  All coffee berries are grown in the coffee belt. This belt is the area in between the tropic of Cancer and the tropic of Capricorn. Hawaii is the only state of USA that grows coffee berries.

Knowledge 4:  People in Norway would drink about 9.4 cups a day! On average of course. However, the largest buyer of coffee is America.

Knowledge 5: 70% of the world drink Arabic coffee which is mild and aromatic while the rest of the 30% drinks Robusta which is more bitter but has more caffeine.

How are coffee cultivated and its uses?

Knowledge 6: Coffee trees can grow about 30 feet tall but are cultivated around 10 feet for easy-picking. The red berries are picked and dried until all that's left is green berries hence coffee berries must be hand picked.

Knowledge 7: The beans are then roasted at around 500F or 260C. After a few minutes, the bean will pop and double in size. 

Knowledge 8:The trees have caffeine in them which is also used as a insect repellent as caffeine can kill or paralyze insects. However, they do not paralyze us as caffeine can only kill one gram bugs unlike us. 

What does caffeine do to us?

Knowledge 9: 1. It causes an increase in the cardiovascular and nervous system activity.

                        2.Caffeine effects can begin shortly after consumption and remain in your

                        body for several hours.

                        3. Caffeine affects your nervous system by stimulating the nerve endings  

                        throughout your body and increases your brain functions.

                        4.  This nervous system stimulating results in a better mood for some, lessens

                        fatigue, and helps people to think clearly and be more attentive.        

Knowledge 10: There are many types of coffee in the world however I would only state the most common few such as Americano, Latte, Mocha, Cappuccino and decaf. 

I have learnt a lot today, I did not know that coffee had such a long story behind it:) Tell me what you think:)