Another Interesting Coffee Fact...!

I truly love it when I find an article that is positive about coffee...don't know why, but I do! Actually, learning about coffee is one more way to prove that Mother Nature is way smarter than we thought. From Listverse here is the most recent coffee article I found.

Coffee Contains Caffeine To Attract Bees

Every other coffee list on the Internet will tell you that coffee was discovered by goat herders, whose goats got a little jolly after munching on coffee berries. But why does coffee contain caffeine to begin with? Well, it’s toxic to slugs and other pests, but it turns out it also has an effect on pollinators such as bees. In fact, scientists think they get—wait for it—a buzz from the caffeine in the flowers of plants.

Scientists found that consuming caffeine helped bees to improve their long-term memories. The caffeine acts on the brain chemistry of bees in a way that makes the flowers more memorable, so the bees are more likely to return to plants of the same type. Though bees and humans are very different, some experts suggest the capacity to be affected by caffeine could be as old as the common ancestors we share, as it impacts our neurological activity on a very fundamental level.

It's nice to know that I have something in common with bees, ya know? I also enjoy the slight buzz that I get from caffeine, but I always figured it was from the taste of the coffee that did it. Go figure!

Caffeine...er, coffee in the kitchen this morning.