Caffeine Makes Brain Cells Grow!
In 1999, Menahem Segal and Eduard Korkotian of the Department of Neurobiology at the Weizmann Institute in Israel reported an astonishing discovery. They had removed hippocampus (the part of the brain responsible for long term memory) from rat embryos and kept the cells alive, cultured on microscope slides. The researchers then applied caffeine to the hippocampal […]
Caffeine in Coffee Fights Aging
Antioxidants have long been touted as anti-aging agents that work to prevent the damage caused by prolonged exposure to free radicals. The theory is that by soaking up or neutralizing free radicals, antioxidants enable us to live longer, healthier lives. Most people know that vitamin C is a strong antioxidant. What most people don’t know is that […]
Pete Licata Wins the 2011 United States Barista Championship
In Houston, Texas, Pete Licata of Honolulu Coffee Company became the first competitor from Hawaii to win the United States Barista Championship. He was also the first winner who used Hawaiian coffee. For the first time, a United States Barista Champion created and served his own coffee, from coffee cherries to the drink in a […]
Time Release Caffeine Pills
GreenCoffeX Time Release Caffeine Capsules use a time-release technology to provide a safe, steady level of caffeine-enhanced energy and alertness over an eight hour period in a once-a-day dose. It’s supposed to have no ups and downs or jitters. GreenCoffex capsules contain pure caffeine derived from Colombian Green Coffee Beans. Each GreenCoffex capsule has been coated […]
Latter Day Saints and Caffeine
Mormons, or Latter Day Saints, are prohibited by their “Word of Wisdom” health code from using alcohol, tobacco, and “hot drinks.” Traditionally, the church has interpreted this to bar the use of coffee and tea. However, caffeine itself is not mentioned in any traditional Mormon texts. Therefore, some Mormons today enjoy caffeinated sodas, such as […]
Jamaica Blue Mountain: Coffee from on High
Jamaica Blue Mountain coffee, grown in the Blue Mountain range in Jamaica, with peaks as high as 7,500 feet, is perhaps the most prized coffee in the world. It is famous for its full, rich flavor, clean taste, low acidity, notable sweetness, extraordinary body, and powerful, intense aroma. This tasty coffee doesn’t come cheap. A one pound […]
Surprised? Caffeine DOES NOT Increase Blood Pressure — PERIOD!
A major metastudy, reported in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, which followed more than 170,000 people over a period of 30 years, has definitively demonstrated that caffeine does not increase blood pressure. Many doctors and kibbitzers from the Dark Side have been attacking caffeine for many years, spreading the myth that caffeine increases blood […]
Caffeine Mugs: Sipping in Style
If caffeine is what you’re really after when you drink your daily cups of coffee, perhaps it’s time to declare your interest to the world by enjoying the use of an eponymous caffeine drinking vessel. One nifty item is called a Caffeine Molecule Mug. This glass mug with a stable design is emblazoned with the […]
Yerkes-Dodson Effect: How Much Coffee or Caffeine is Too Much?
One of the reasons that caffeine is not a drug of abuse is that, unlike cocaine, amphetamine, or heroin, caffeine does not produce effects that indefinitely increase as you increase the dose. Caffeine has a built in mechanism that guarantees that a little does a little, more does more, but even more starts to reverse the beneficial effects […]
Vienna Celebrates Coffee House Founder's 100th Birthday
Austrian President Heinz Fischer joined a national celebration of Café Hawelka by congratulating Leopold Hawelka, one of the nation’s most famous coffee house founders, on his 100th birthday on April 11, 2011. Hawelka’s café was opened in central Vienna in 1939 and quickly became a gathering spot for Austria’s traditional coffee house culture as well as […]
