Coffee and Caffeine Flashcards
How much coffee do people drink in North America?
110 litres per year
2 cups per day
300mg a day
Caffeine in coke
35mg
Pops that have caffeine
Mountain Dew, Root ber, 7UP not anymore in Canada
Amounts of caffeine in choclate, tea, coffee
Coffee - 200
Decaf - Has caffeine
Tea - 25-100
Chocolate
Tea leaves
Contain more caffeine than coffee, but doesn’t leave the leaves
Where does coffee originate from?
Ethiopia, noticed a goat eating particular beans and that it gave them energy, came out of Arabian world
When did it come to America?
1600s
How many starbucks are there?
20,000
2 mil coffee houses in Italy
Can you overdose?
5-10g, or 100 cans of coke
causes anxiety and heart palps
How does caffeine work?
Blocks the things that make you sleepy, doesn’t actually make you alert. Therefore no modded neurotransmitters