Coffee is one of the most consumed beverages around the world. At least 2.25 billion cups of coffee are consumed on a daily basis clearly indicating its popularity.
Coffee in case you didn’t know can be a great source of instant energy as it stimulates the body. It can even be a remedy for headache as many headache formulations contain anhydrous caffeine. But if you’re one of those coffee fans who have to have this caffeinated beverage every morning as part of your morning routine habits, then you should know these unexpected facts about this all-time popular drink:
1There is no such thing as strong coffee
There is no sure way to definitively evaluate how strong coffee can actually be. With that being the case, you cannot exactly determine if your coffee is strong or just the same as usual. This is also due to the fact that various different parameters can only evaluate coffee.
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2How Coffee is produced
Harvesting 2 coffee trees can produce 2 lbs. of coffee. But, the coffee tree can only be harvested after it has grown for 3 years. Now that’s definitely something you didn’t know about coffee.
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3Interactions with Medications
People turn to OTC medication for pain and headaches. Some advocate consuming caffeine along with analgesics. Certain headache medications also contain caffeine. German research has found how the effects of caffeine, can enhance the efficiency of analgesics.
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4The Duration of the Effect
Drinking coffee in the morning say around 8 A.M. or 9 A.M., will have a lasting effect in your body till noon. By around 12P.M. or 1 P.M., 100 mg of coffee is still left in your system. In fact, drinking coffee after 3 P.M. can keep you fresh till night.
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5Ground Coffee Lives for 15 Minutes
After grinding fresh coffee beans, instead of leaving them as they are, use them to make a nice hot cup of coffee and drink it. Make the coffee and drink it within 15 minutes. If 15 minutes go by with the ground beans just sitting there, the taste and the flavor will be lost and it will be hardly distinguishable from other varieties of coffee.
The Right Time for Coffee
Deciding when to drink coffee is best determined by the level of cortisol in your body. Normally, cortisol levels increase between 8 A.M. and 9 A.M for most people. The next one which occurs is around 12 P.M and 1 P.M. The final rise happens at 5:30 P.M. and lasts till 6:30 P.M. Thus, in accordance with this, it would be best to have a good cup of coffee when your energy levels are low. However, after the final cortisol level spike, it is not advisable to consume coffee thereafter, as it could prevent you from sleeping anytime soon at night. Remember, if you want to have a good refreshing cup of coffee, always choose the right time.
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7The Valve on the Package
A valve on the package indicates that the coffee has been packed immediately after being ground and roasted. While not being the main function, the valve can be pushed to check the coffee’s flavor and to tell if it’s fresh or not. Frying a pound of coffee will emit a lot of carbon dioxide once it’s done and this may cause it to explode. Hence, the valve is there on the pack to prevent this.
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8Coffee Influences the Results of Doing Sports
Drinking coffee before working out or training can help you power through your program.
The caffeine in coffee can potentially boost adrenaline levels and even frees the fatty acids that are blocked by adipose tissues. Coffee can also help you burn fat by increasing metabolism.
The caffeine in coffee can potentially boost adrenaline levels and even frees the fatty acids that are blocked by adipose tissues. Coffee can also help you burn fat by increasing metabolism.
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9Coffee used to be eaten
It’s interesting to know that since coffee was produced from a fruit, it used to be eaten instead of drunk. People in Africa would make a paste by grinding coffee berries and mixing it with animal fat that would eventually form a ball, which they would then eat for energy.
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10Making Coffee
Roasting coffee to make it appear darker and stronger in flavor doesn’t necessarily affect the caffeine levels in it. Roasting coffee beans only makes them larger in appearance owing to the fact that the moisture contained in the bean totally evaporates.
Too much coffee can have disadvantages
While drinking coffee can have a lot of advantages in terms of health, there are still few drawbacks. For example, drinking too much coffee can make you gain weight. The cortisol hormone gets stressed out by excessive coffee consumption and makes you then have uncontrollable sugar and sweet cravings.
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12Excess caffeine can disrupt sleep cycles
Caffeine can even cause disruptions in your sleep cycles, which makes you feel lethargic the morning after and even tempt you to consume junk foods and treats. Therefore, drink coffee, but drink it in moderation.
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13It could help your liver
Coffee drunk in moderation up to 3 cups of coffee can actually help the liver. Research studieshave found that there is an ingredient in coffee that can actually protect the liver against liver cirrhosis.
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14It can lower the risk of Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer’s is a common neurodegenerative disease that is the leading cause of dementia around the world. Although there is no cure for dementia, research studies have found that coffee drinkers decrease the risk of Alzheimer’s by 65%.
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15Coffee helps fight depression and makes you happier
Depression is a mental problem that is slowly growing as a cause for concern. It reduces your quality of life considerably. Harvard studies have found that women who drink 3 to 4 cups of coffee decreased the risk of depression by 20%.
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