Multi Genre Coffee Research Paper
A brewed cup of coffee has between 80 and 135 mg of caffeine. If you drink two cups of coffee a day you are consuming more than what is medically recommended. In large doses caffeine can cause cardiac problems and respiratory distress. I found this to be very interesting. I do drink a lot of coffee and have never thought that issues I was dealing with were being caused by the caffeine I was drinking. When I stopped drinking coffee in the large quantities I found life improved. I drink coffee to socialize with others, at times to give me energy to study and sometimes for the pure enjoyment of it. Most people drink for the very same reasons. It has become engrained in our society to go get a cup of Joe with friends and catch up on the latest things. Business partners will go get a cup of coffee while settling over a big deal. Students will use it to stay awake late into the night to study for finals.
It isn’t just America that coffee and caffeine are so engrained. It is all over the world. Each country drinks different forms of caffeine and has at times very extensive rituals when it comes to drinking coffee. An interesting fact I found: countries who cannot grow coffee are the biggest consumers of it.
Caffeine has a lot of side effects if drunk in large quantities. We overlook its faults because we feel we can live with the side effects. It doesn’t have effects that are as life threatening as tobacco and alcohol products. So it is easily put out of our minds. The other reason we ignore it as a drug is because it is a part of our culture and how we socialize with those around us. If we view it as a drug, we have to treat it as one; which would then mean we would have to change our culture, our life styles and the way we socialize with our friends and family.
“Caffeine is the most widely consumed psychoactive substance and is a legal stimulant that is readily available to children. Caffeine has occasionally been considered a drug of abuse and the potential for
It isn’t just America that coffee and caffeine are so engrained. It is all over the world. Each country drinks different forms of caffeine and has at times very extensive rituals when it comes to drinking coffee. An interesting fact I found: countries who cannot grow coffee are the biggest consumers of it.
Caffeine has a lot of side effects if drunk in large quantities. We overlook its faults because we feel we can live with the side effects. It doesn’t have effects that are as life threatening as tobacco and alcohol products. So it is easily put out of our minds. The other reason we ignore it as a drug is because it is a part of our culture and how we socialize with those around us. If we view it as a drug, we have to treat it as one; which would then mean we would have to change our culture, our life styles and the way we socialize with our friends and family.
“Caffeine is the most widely consumed psychoactive substance and is a legal stimulant that is readily available to children. Caffeine has occasionally been considered a drug of abuse and the potential for
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