A Little Info
on the Black Water of Life

Synonym & Chemical Formulae:

Theine

1,3,7-Trimethylxanthine
or
3,7-dihydro-1,3,7-trimethyl-1H-purine-2,6-dione,

The Chemical Formula C8H10N4O2
Molar Weight 194.20
The Empirical Formula C 49.48%, H 5.19%,
N 28.85%, O 16.48%

Also known as CAFFEINE!


"Great creator of life, I am your humble servant. Speak and I shall obey.
I grovel at your base, humbled by your oderiferous outpouring.
You inspire me to rise from bed, motivate me through my morning rituals,
and sustain me through years of torturous vapidity.
I prostrate myself before your mighty intensity!

Thank you, awsome caffeine, for giving my meager life meaning!
It is with sorrow and regret that I leave your blessed company
but you have filled my cup and so filled my soul.
I can now endure the hardships of an otherwise banal and meaningless existence.
I am forever in your debt.

Soon, but not soon enough, I will return for another...
...cup."

From Too Much Coffee Man"saves the universe"


The results of overdoing your cafinated beverage consumption is,
of course, the blessed state known as
Caffeine Intoxication

- This is caused by recent consumption of caffeine, usually in excess of 250 mg.
(Approximately 3 1/2 cups of coffee, or 2 1/4 20 oz. bottles of Jolt)

The following following are all signs of overindulgence:

a. diuresis
b. excitement
c. flushed face
d. gastrointestinal disturbance
e. insomnia
f. muscle twitching
g. nervousness
h. periods of inexhaustibility
i. psychomotor agitation
j. rambling flow of thought and speech
k. restlessness
l. tachycardia or cardiac arrhythmia



A bit of coffee/tea trivia:
- The word coffee is derived from the Arab word qahwah or the Turkish qahvah.
- Coffee is from a genus of trees and shrubs of the order Rubiaceae.
- The annual harvest of one coffee tree, after being dried and ground, produces only one pound of coffee.
-The Swedish, who drink eleven cups of coffee each day, have the highest per capita consumption on Earth.
- The Irish, on the other hand, drink eight cups of tea a day each, amongst other beverages.
- Brazil produces twice as much coffee as India produces tea.
- In Cornwallis, Oregon, it is illegal for young women to buy coffee after 6 p.m.
- In Turkey during the sixteenth and seventeenth century, drinking coffee was a crime which carried the death penalty.
- Voltaire (1694-1778) drank fifty cups of coffee per day.
- One of the most benign death sentences on record was imposed by King Gustavus III of Sweden (1746-1792), who sentenced a convicted murderer to drink himself to death on coffee. The king believed that coffee was poisonous, but the murderer proved him wrong.

A few other links:

Honore De Balzac speaks about the virtues of coffee

The Jolt Cola homepage

Caffeine. Death Before Decaf!