From the text: pp. 549-50, 386-87, and 433-41.
1. How and where was coffee discovered?
2. What are the two types of coffee that are extensively cultivated?
3. There are four main steps to coffee roasting, first roasting, first crack, pyrolysis, and
then second crack. Please describe what is happening at each stage.
4. How much caffeine is in an average sized cup?
5. Caffeine has been described as the most widely used drug in the world. What is the
main target of caffeine in the body? (think receptor/ligand interaction and identify
the target receptor)
6. What happens when you stop drinking your daily coffee? why?
7. What are the three main ways that coffee can be decaffeinated?
8. What contributes chemically to the staling of coffee?