5 Fun Facts About Coffee
We can’t actually remember the last time we start the day without the daily cup of coffee. After stumbling out of bed every morning, we just pull our body out to the coffee maker, brew ourselves with a cup and then “Oohh!”, we then really feel alive to start our hectic day!
That's probably one of the reasons why we are celebrating today the International Coffee Day (ICD). Although it gains the attention is very much deserves, people just stay content with whatever's on the tip of the coffee iceberg. It's almost the end of the ICD so we'd love to share some fun facts of one of the most popular kind of drinks on the planet.
1. A COFFEE PLANT CAN LIVE UP TO 100 YEARS.
Just as a cup of caffeinated coffee can make someone stay awake for up to 100 hours in a week (jeez, don't try this even if there are [college] people who do), coffee plants can literally live up to 100 years.They are most productive between the ages 7-20 and when they are sprouting, you can see an adorable little seed on top of the plant, (but it’s not actually a seed) and then it eventually grow into a bushy plant that can live for a century.
2. COFFEE ISN'T ACTUALLY THAT DEHYDRATING BEVERAGE
Can you feel that moment after you drink a cup of coffee, you’ll feel like you crave for more and you found yourself making another cup? Well then, caffeine twas once thought to be a significant diuretic, but that’s actually mistaken. Unless you consume 500 to 600 mg a day or two coffees, there aren’t such negative effects. As long as you enjoy your coffee in moderation, there’s nothing to worry about.
3. COFFEE CAN BE YOUR KNIGHT IN SHINING ARMOR
Aside from the fact that it helps you stay awake for several nights, making you able to finish your procrastinated projects on time for the deadline, coffee contains important nutrients you need to survive. A cup of coffee contains 11 percent of the daily recommended amount of Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin), 6 percent of Vitamin B5 (Panthothenic Acid), 3 percent of Manganese and Potassium and 2% of Niacin and Magnesium. Simply put, these nutrients are essential to our body. And coffee has these nutrients. Awesome, right?
4. DRINKING COFFEE CAN HELP BURN EVEN YOUR 3 LAYERS OF FATS
All eyes on this as your eyes just probably got bigger while reading the subhead. Studies have shown that caffeine can increase your metabolism from 3 percent to 11 percent. And we all know that metabolism is the breaking down of molecules to obtain energy so it basically improves your performance when working out, since it also increases your adrenaline and then releases fatty acids from fat tissues. Caffeine is one of the chemicals that can help you burn your fat, so, what are you waiting for? Drink up and get going!
5. JUST SMELLING COFFEE CAN WAKE YOU UP
If you encountered personal experiences, especially those from college students, that drinking too much coffee made their heart pump so fast that it's almost about to explode, then maybe you don't have to drink as much coffee as you think you do for the sake of keeping yourself awake.
Have you experience that moment when you’re really tired and then someone passes by with a Starbucks coffee and when you smell its rousing aroma, you just can’t stop thinking about it and it will eventually make you to buy one, too? There’s a study conducted that when you simply inhale coffee aroma, it can alter the activity of some cells in your brain, reducing the effects of sleep deprivation. Essentially, when you drink a cup of coffee, caffeine reaches your blood as fast as like 10 minutes. So, if you ever wanted to drink coffee but your body has this policy of saying otherwise, you can always just smell its scent so that you can immediately get your hands back on your projects without being guilty.
