Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, which are the seeds of berries that come from Coffea species native to Africa and certain regions in Asia. Coffee plants are now cultivated in over 70 countries worldwide, primarily in equatorial regions. While legend traces coffee's origins to Ethiopia, where a goat herder first discovered the energizing effects of coffee berries, Brazil now uses a more effective method of growing coffee seedlings in nurseries before planting. A 2017 review found that drinking coffee is generally safe up to 3-4 cups daily and may provide health benefits, but high caffeine intake over 400mg can cause side effects like anxiety, restlessness, and sleep problems.

1. COFFEE
University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest
Students: Pântea Maria-Larisa
Stan Bogdan
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2. What is Coffee?
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from
roasted coffee beans, the seeds
of berries from certain Coffea species. The
genus Coffea is native to tropical
Africa (specifically having its origin
in Ethiopia and Sudan) and Madagascar,
the Comoros, Mauritius, and Réunion in the
Indian Ocean. Coffee plants are now
cultivated in over 70 countries, primarily in
the equatorial regions of the Americas,
Southeast Asia, Indian subcontinent, and
Africa.

3. The History of Coffee
Coffee grown worldwide can trace its
heritage back centuries to the ancient
coffee forests on the Ethiopian plateau.
There, legend says the goat herder Kaldi
first discovered the potential of these
beloved beans.
The story goes that that Kaldi discovered
coffee after he noticed that after eating
the berries from a certain tree, his goats
became so energetic that they did not
want to sleep at night.

4. Cultivation
The traditional method of planting coffee is to
place 20 seeds in each hole at the beginning of
the rainy season. This method loses about 50% of
the seeds' potential, as about half fail to sprout. A
more effective process of growing coffee, used in
Brazil, is to raise seedlings in nurseries that are
then planted outside at six to twelve months.

5. Health effects
A 2017 review of clinical trials found that
drinking coffee is generally safe within usual
levels of intake and is more likely to improve
health outcomes than to cause harm at doses
of 3 or 4 cups of coffee daily. Exceptions
include possible increased risk in women
having bone fractures, and a possible
increased risk in pregnant women of fetal
loss or decreased birth weight.Results were
complicated by poor study quality, and
differences in age, gender, health status, and
serving size.

6. Positive effects
Coffee contains a number of useful nutrients,
including riboflavin (vitamin B-2), niacin
(vitamin B-3), magnesium, potassium, and
various phenolic compounds, or antioxidants.
Some experts suggest that these and other
ingredients in coffee can benefit the human
body in various ways.

7. Negative effects
A 2015 review identified several unwanted side
effects of consuming more than 400 mg of
caffeine per day, including:
-a fast heartbeat
-anxiety
-agitation
-restlessness
-sleeping problems
-tremors

8. Someone said...
„Given enough coffee, I could rule the world.”

9. Bibliography
• https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/271
707.php#the-effects-of-caffeine-can-vary
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee
• http://www.ncausa.org/about-coffee