Heavy consumption can cause anxiety, dizziness, insomnia, and heart palpitations. Inclusion of caffeine in soft drinks is a questionable practice since children have low body mass and consume large quantities of soft drinks. Coffee Coffea - native to E. Africa, used first in Ethiopia although coffee is not widely used in Africa now. Arabs were first to brew coffee and use spread from Arabia to Egypt and then to Europe. Coffee was particularly popular in England Arabs monopolized trade by boiling seeds to kill them but Dutch and French were able to obtain seeds and grow the trees themselves.
Brazil currently leads the world in coffee production.
Coffee fruit is an accessory berry - the floral cup, exocarp, mesocarp and endocarp are called the parchment . Trees begin producing and 3 years and produce for 40 years. Coffee is usually picked by hand. Most coffees sold in U.S. are light and medium-roasted. Instant coffee - ground beans are brewed under pressure, high temperature basically ruins coffee flavor.