Awake Drink.
COFFEE.
Before we see myths
and facts about coffee, let’s see overview of coffee.
Oromo people
in a region of kaffa in Ethiopia were first to recognize the energizing effect
of coffee. Another legend who attributed in discovery of coffee is sheikh Omar
The earliest credible evidence of
coffee-drinking or knowledge of the coffee tree appears in the middle of the
15th century in the accounts of in Yemen.it was here in Arabia that
coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed, in similar way to how It is prepared
now.
Reaction responsible for development of roasted coffee flavor and color:
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| 👆Maillard Reaction.☝ |
Interesting thing is that Ethiopia
produce the highest in the world.
Evolution map of coffee from a small bean to most favourite drink:
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| Development from a bean🌱 to drink.🍵 |
Coffee to india has come before east india company,by sufi sant named "baba budan".the first record of growing coffee in india is following the introduction of coffee beans from yemen by baba budan to his hills of chikmagular.
MYTH: The darker coffee, the tasty it is.
FACT: when the roast is dark, it hides all the subtleties
and flavours that make your coffee so distinctive. For example, the light
roasting of our Ethiopian galena abaya is what allows you to taste his blueberry
notes so well.
MYTH: The coffee dehydrates.
FACT: studies have concluded that coffee has no impact on
the loss of water in the body.it is quite simple: It is about comparing
drinking coffee to drinking water.by analysing results, you can conclude that a
caffeinated beverage does not make you urinate more than water, so do not
hesitate to drink it daily!
MYTH: The coffee is better preserved in the refrigerator.
FACT: there are several things that can make your coffee scale,
it can be high temperature, oxidation, humidity or gas evolution.one way to
slow down the gas evolution as well as the chemical reactions that can be
triggered is to cool the storage temperature.
MYTH: Black coffee contains more caffeine.
FACT: conversely, it contains less than brown coffee! Indeed,
the more a coffee is roasted, the more it loses mass since several molecules evaporate,
including caffeine. On the other hand, caffeine remains a pretty stable
molecule during the roasting process, thus the difference is so small that a
person is drinking coffee will not see any variation between black and brown
coffee.
HERE IS THE MOST POPULAR MYTH ABOUT COFFEE!
MYTH: Coffee is addictive.
FACT: many are willing to do anything to get their daily
dose of coffee.it should be noted that despite the more or less apparent symptoms
of lack, talking about addiction is actually engendered only by the social representation
we make of coffee. What normally cause
the addictive behaviour can only be activity by hard drugs, nicotine or even
sugar…but not coffee!
MYTH: You need to use boiling water on the grounds.
FACT: if the temperature of your water goes above 200 degrees
Fahrenheit, the water can start to extract some of the bitter oils from coffee
grounds and may even scorch them. You can attribute the burnt taste of coffee
to boiling water poured directly on the grounds.
MYTH: Pregnant women shouldn’t drink coffee.
FACT: caffeine can pass through a fetus, however it is
advised that women should limit their daily caffeine intake to only 200
mg-about one cup of standard coffee.caffeine can pass through the placenta but
there is no concrete studies proving that it is harmful for baby.
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