Summary
Coffee, black gold, 'poison of choice'. Whatever you call it, it is the world's second most popular non-water beverage (second only to all forms of tea combined) and consumed world-wide.
Coffee can be seen as a nutritional product as it is a mixture of many nutriceutical compounds that all have individual purposes. Coffee can also exert effects like any supplement or drug and rival some of them in potency. It is not just an inert food product, coffee is a supplement.
What are other names for Coffee?
Note that Coffee is also known as:
- Liquid gold
Coffee should not be confused with:
- Caffeine (major constituent)
- Chlorogenic Acid (other major compound)
