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Coffee Break


"I think I just saw Jesus in my cup of Taster's Choice" -Zippy the Pinhead I sit on the bench outside "Café Kilim" a popular coffee shop in downtown Portsmouth. Friends and buddies walk in and I ask how's it going. They nod and come back out two minutes later with a cup of coffee in their hand. More people show up and go in and out each with a cup of joe in their hand. What is this drive to bring us here? Why has the coffee house become a social headquarters? What is this Coffee Culture and what breeds it? Down the street are three other coffee shops that are no more than 20 yards away from each other. The coffee shops for the most part are an attraction to the crowd that gathers on the ...

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of coffee in a day you could go into convulsions and die. I have had bad days in which I have had like maybe 10 cups, but never have I got close to 80. I began to realize that what I was drinking all along was a drug. What a queer drug it is. Caffeine is related to other drugs such as tobacco, and marijuana, in that it grows readily in nature and uses its affect as protection from predators. To animals munching on its leaves it is poison. To us they are just great. This is most likely why many plants have adapted to produce caffeine. More than a hundred plants have been recorded that produce caffeine molecules in their seeds, leaves, or bark (Braun 107). Coffee and Tea are the ones that we are familiar with. Contrary to popular myth coffee has more caffeine than tea, it is near half the amount. Although, more tea is consumed every day by the world's people than any other single beverage (Braun 109). The discovery of the power of caffeine is one that will be praised for centuries. ...

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you consume. After the first step there could be two chemicals that remain, either theophylline or paraxanthine. Theophylline is a molecule that is approximately the same strength of caffeine. Paraxanthine on the other hand is somewhat stronger. Hence this is what gives you the jitters. Per cup about 70% is converted to paraxanthine. This process is similar to other drugs such as alcohol. Coffee though has a very slow rate of breaking down, compared to alcohol. A cup of coffee can affect you for 5 to 6 hours (Smart Basics Intelliscope 1). In order to understand how exactly caffeine affects the brain and the body, one would have to be a Chemist. I read the books; the whole process ...

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