How much do you know about the various misunderstandings about coffee?

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With one cup of coffee a day, everyone knows exactly how much sugar or milk to add to the coffee. But even if you drink it every day, do you really like coffee like the back of your hand? We summed up three popular coffee myths to see if they are also ingrained in your mind.

Can coffee relieve alcohol?

When some people get drunk, they think they can get refreshed by drinking coffee as usual, but this can have dangerous consequences. Thomas Gould, one of the researchers who published the study in the Journal of Behavioral Neurology (Behavioral Neuroscience), pointed out that if people only drink alcohol, they will at least know that they are drunk, but if they drink caffeine, they will not only fail to relieve the alcohol, but will also make people confused about whether they are drunk and cause dangerous accidents such as drunk driving.

According to the Journal of Behavioral Neurology, coffee does slow down the drowsiness caused by alcohol, but if you want to relieve alcohol, you still have to rely on the body to metabolize alcohol, which can be replenished by drinking water and eating something to slow down alcohol absorption and help metabolism. There is no shortcut to relieving alcoholism, but it is doubly dangerous to mistakenly believe in the absurdity of coffee.

Does coffee hinder development?

The term began with the advertisement of Postum, an American beverage company in the 20th century. Postum specializes in a hot drink made from wheat bran that can replace coffee. At that time, their advertisements condemned the impact of coffee on children's growth, and even used slogans such as "everything is not without reason" to imply that coffee can cause tension or learning disabilities in children, affecting many parents. The picture below is an advertisement for Postum with exaggerated words such as "Children who drink Postum can stay away from evil caffeine."

Although later studies have suggested that caffeine intake is related to calcium loss, because most of the elderly are taken as samples, there is not enough reference for other age groups. So will coffee hinder development or not? There is no conclusive evidence to prove the connection between the two. Even so, coffee contains stimulants, so it should be ingested in moderation. The European Union recommends that adults consume less than 300 milligrams of caffeine a day.

Espresso (Espresso) contains more caffeine than black coffee.

Before you answer, let's find out what Espresso means. James, the boss of Fika Fika Cafe, points out that the Chinese habit of translating espresso into espresso actually stands for "stressed", "fast" and "specially prepared for you" in Italian. In other words, coffee brewed quickly under pressure is called Espresso, which has nothing to do with "condensed" translated into Chinese. At the same time, many people think that Espresso is particularly strong misunderstanding.

So who has more caffeine than an 1-ounce espresso or an 8-ounce black coffee? According to Coffee Chemistry, an 8-ounce cup of black coffee contains about 65 to 140mg of caffeine (an average of 92.5mg), while a 1-ounce cup of espresso has 30 to 50mg of caffeine (an average of 40mg). Black coffee has more caffeine. Although black coffee has only 8 to 15 milligrams of caffeine per ounce and espresso has as much as 40 milligrams per ounce, the problem is that we don't usually order a large cup of espresso.

Part of this misunderstanding comes from inaccurate translation that has been in practice for many years. At the same time, caffeine content is also affected by the type of coffee beans and the way they are roasted, and the coffee capacity sold in each store is also different. In fact, there are still many factors. The only thing that is certain is that caffeine levels are no longer directly judged by old impressions.

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