PS268 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Latte, Dsm-5, Cocoa Butter
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Chapter 8: xanthines coffee, tea and chocolate. Three plants containing xanthines have been used by humans for thousands of years: Current north american consumption: about 100 litres per year. **when coffee beans were first discovered they were considered a cure for just about everything. Varieties: black, espresso, cappuccino, latte, turkish, half-caf, iced, flavoured, and many more. A major highlight in the history of tea: the boston tea party. American colonists were angry about a tax on their tea imposed by britain. **legal tea sales dropped due to boycott. A special arrangement was made for the english east india. So the a(cid:373)eri(cid:272)a(cid:374)s poured all the e(cid:374)glish tea i(cid:374)to the bosto(cid:374) Caffeine: tea has about 40-60 mg of caffeine per cup depending on the type and strength of the brew. Theophylline: tea contains a very small amount of theophylline (in high doses, theophylline is used as an asthma medication. Cortex introduced chocolate into europe (chocolate drinking spread slowly)
