BOT 1200 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Assam Tea, Camellia Sinensis, Shennong
7 Apr 2017
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Most wildly used psychoactive drug in the world. 7-9 cups of coffee causes anxiety, headaches and insomnia. Used because was part of arabian political + social culture. Alkaloid structurally similar to adenosine = chemical found in the brain leads to sedation. Two theories for term coffee: from ethiopia area kaffa, from kahveh or qahwah believed to mean stimulating. Coffea arabica original coffee native to highlands of ethopia. Coffea canephora native to hotter wetter lowlands of west africa. Best growth = under the shades of trees. Fruit referred to as cherry accurate botanical description = accessory berry. African tribes crushed ripe berries mixed with animal. First enjoyed as wine made from fermented juice of ripe berries. Arab cultures learned to boil coffee became hot drink 1200 ad. Ottoman turks maintained a monopoly and prevented seeds smuggling by boiling coffee seeds to destroy their capacity. 1650 first coffee houses became centres for social, political literary and commercial life.
