caffeine

     

237 °C (non-equilibrium, superheate)

Trivia about caffeine

  • This stimulant found in coffee can ease headaches by constricting blood vessels
  • Among alkaloids found in plants, this stimulant is found in coffee or tea
  • You won't sleep soundly with this in your coffee
  • Best to avoid dark chocolate before bed; 2 oz. contain about as much of this stimulant as a cup of black tea
  • The Swiss water process is a popular way to remove this bitter stimulant from coffee
  • The longer you infuse your tea, the more of this stimulant winds up in your cup
  • The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf offers herbal infusions like lemon chamomile that are "100%" this "-free"
  • It's the main stimulant in coffee & tea
  • Sadly, the "breakfast drink", Pepsi A.M, didn't last long, though it had 25% more of this than regular Pepsi
  • The Swiss water process is a way to remove this from coffee
  • There are about 8-36 mg of this in a cup of green tea compared to about 100-164 mg in a cup of coffee
  • If you don't like this Coke ingredient, there's a brand that's called "free" of it
  • Emil Fischer must have been in a coffeehouse when he identified this stimulant as part of the purine group
  • (Kelly of the Clue Crew dumps her tea and pours a fresh cup of water from the kettle.) Pour off the hot water after 30 seconds of steeping & replace it, if you prefer your tea without this chemical
  • In 1827 theine was discovered in tea; it was later proven identical to this coffee stimulant
  • Found in coffee, it's C8H10N4O2
  • Cacao beans, the source of chocolate, aren't sweet -- they contain this bitter, popular stimulant