Caffeine Absorption through the Skin

We’ve been talking about the benefits of coffee when you consume it but with Fivesso organic soap, our premium coffee soap bar allows caffeine to absorb through your skin. Around the beginning of 2000, coffee beans started to be used in other ways besides consumption. The caffeine in coffee made its way into cosmetic lines, taking advantage of caffeine’s benefits for your skin.

Besides consumption how else can caffeine get into your system? Recent researched shows that hair follicles in your body can quickly deliver caffeine into your system! Before we get into this study results, let’s see what we already know about how topical application, such as soaps, serums, and creams can get into your system thru your skin. It wasn’t until recent that scientist's opinion on how caffeine penetrating thru the skin was changed. Previous studies showed that due to your skin being composed of many layers, it would actually be difficult for any caffeine to actually go deep into the skin's layers and into your system. There are a couple of ways that topical application of caffeine can go into your system thru your skin. Caffeine can go in through our sweat glands, along your lipid (fat) layers, and through your hair follicles.

In this study, they will talk about how through your hair follicles caffeine can easily gain access to your system. Find our more on this study in our next blog!

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Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2767280/

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3625489/

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Caffeine and Memory

Did you know that caffeine can help enhance certain memories up to at least 24 hours? A study conducted at John Hopkins University showed that caffeine was able to enhance long-term memories, for up to at least 24 hours after consumption.

Caffeine can help strengthen memory, and it can also help make your memories resistant to forgetfulness for at least 24 hours. The studied was a double-blinded trial. Participants for this study were not regular coffee drinkers nor did they eat eatables containing caffeine. Samples of their caffeine levels were taken before and in three other time periods throughout this study. Participants were given either a placebo or a 200-millgram caffeine tablet after studying a series of images. They came back 24 hours after to test their memories on the images. Participants in the caffeine group scored higher in correctly identifying the images than those who took the placebo. These results were different from other previous studies on caffeine and memory. The major difference was that this study presented the images after giving the participants either the placebo or the caffeinated tablet.

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Source: http://hub.jhu.edu/2014/01/12/caffeine-enhances-memory

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Coffee and Metabolism

Did you know that coffee can help with your digestive system? That's right - for those who drink they have experienced this benefit. Coffee not only helps your digestive system, it can also help increase your metabolism.

How does coffee increase your metabolism? Coffee is a stimulant that can help increase your metabolism. Coffee sends signals to your fatty cells and ordering them to break down the fat around your fatty tissues. Epinephrine is a hormone that helps deliver the breakdown of fats “message” throughout your body. Epinephrine travels thru our blood streams and sends signals to break down the fats. By performing these two activities, coffee can help decrease the fat from your fatty tissues.

Coffee also contains an active compound that can help slow down the absorption of carbohydrates in your body.

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https://authoritynutrition.com/coffee-increase-metabolism/

http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/health/diet-nutrition/a24835/caffeine/

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Coffee and Vitamins

Did you know that coffee can provide vitamins that can help your body? That's right- Coffee contains a rich amount of riboflavin, also known as Vitamin B2, Vitamin B5, Calcium, and Magnesium.

Riboflavin, Vitamin B2, is one of the necessary B vitamins can help with your skin's health and growth. Riboflavin can also help protect your immune system and promote your metabolism. Vitamin B5, pantothenic acid, can also help your body digest and use carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids from all the food you eat.

Both Calcium and Magnesium are both great at protecting and helping your bones. Coffee also contains many antioxidants that can give a boost to your immune system and help protect you from sickness. Who knew coffee could provide you with so many vitamins?

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Sources:

http://www.livestrong.com/article/385118-vitamins-minerals-in-coffee/

http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/health/diet-nutrition/a24835/caffeine/

Caffeine in Your System

Did you know that it only takes about 10 minutes for caffeine to kick in within your system? That’s right- coffee is able to you wake up within 10 minutes of consuming it.

How does caffeine wake you up? Caffeine blocks adenosine, a chemical that makes you sleepy by binding to our brain receptor, from binding to your brain receptors because caffeine itself is almost the same size. By blocking adenosine, this will allow you to feel less sleepy.

A study conducted at the University of Barcelona showed that caffeine has a greater effect in males than females. A total of 668 university students (238 males and 45 females) participated in this study, with an average age of 22. Activity levels were measured in various time frames, and results showed higher level activities in male participants than in female participants.

This study also measured activity levels with decaffeinated coffee. Results from the decaffeinated coffee did not show any significant levels of activities between male and female participants. In other studies, researched showed that it takes at least 45 minutes for the highest levels of caffeine to enter your blood system. So after drinking your coffee, you can feel caffeine kick in within 10 minutes, but you do not get the most of it until at least 45 minutes after.

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Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081222113526.htm

Health Benefits of Coffee

In our previous post, we mention a couple of reasons why coffee is the world’s second most valuable commodity: it gives us energy throughout the day and in research studies caffeine has been shown to decrease the risk of type 2 diabetes. Let’s explore more on the why coffee is so valuable.

Caffeine is one of the main reasons why coffee is so valuable. Being a mild stimulant, it has quite a few health benefits. Aside from reducing the risk of type 2 diabetes, other studies have shown a reduction of the risk of Alzheimer’s and dementia. In a studied conducted at the University of Florida, in 2009, showed that participants who were 40 to 50 years old and who drank at least three to five cups of caffeinated coffee a day, reduced up to 70% chance of the risk of getting Alzheimer’s and dementia by the time they were in their 70s. Another studied showed to have helped reduced the risk of suicide. In 2013, a studied conducted by Harvard’s School of Public Health showed that for participants who drank at least two to three cups of coffee a day helped reduce the risk of suicide by 45%.

Although caffeine has shown quite a few benefits, there are negative effects. Caffeine is a drug, so addiction is highly likely. The more caffeine you have per day, the more dependent you become on it, and the harder it is to quit. Side effects from going cold turkey are severe headaches, fatigue, and mental distortion. Caffeine can also cause high anxiety levels, unstable sleep patterns, and restlessness. Be careful when you are drinking coffee with certain medication as it might affect the impact of the medication.

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http://www.aarp.org/health/healthy-living/info-10-2013/coffee-for-health.html

Coffee the World's Second Most Valuable Commodity

Did you know that coffee is the second most valuable commodity in the world? That’s right! With more than 12 million pounds of coffee consume around the world yearly no wonder coffee is one of the top most valuable commodity in the world, along with oil. 

It’s estimated that around 11 million of hectares around the world is being used to grow and cultivate coffee. The United States, itself, is one of the largest coffee importers in the world, importing more than 5 billion pounds of yearly. The top five countries that the U.S. imports from are Brazil, Colombia, Vietnam, Mexico, and Canada. The price of coffee import is not steady, ranging from $1-$2 per pound. The price depends on various factors such as weather, availability, how much is cultivated and other factors.

What makes coffee the second most valuable commodity?

Coffee doesn’t just wake you up and keep you going throughout the day; coffee has also been tied to reducing risk to various health deficits. In one recent study, a small increase in coffee consumption a day, over a long time period helped reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes. This study found that participants who slowly increased their coffee consumption to about 1.6 cups a day, over the past 4 years, had a lower risk of type 2 diabetes than for those who didn’t.

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Source:

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/270202.php

http://www.globalexchange.org/fairtrade/coffee/faq

Coffee in Vietnam

Let’s check out the history of coffee in Vietnam. Coffee was first introduced around 1875 by the French. Coffee production grew in the early 20th century, but production was interrupted because to the Vietnam War.

Production of coffee continued after the end of the Vietnam War, but it was slow. It wasn’t until 1986 when privately owned businesses were permitted to work again, did the coffee production increase. Around this time, many major coffee companies in Vietnam were established. By the late 1990s, Vietnam became the world’s second largest coffee producer.

Robusta coffee beans are about 97% of the Vietnam's coffee production. Recently, Vietnam has been focusing on spreading the growth of Arabica beans to provide exporters a higher quality coffee bean.Vietnam also produces mixed coffee beans and a specialized coffee bean called cà phê chồn, known as weasel coffee. 

Coffee in Vietnam is grown in the various region. In the Central Highlands containing DakLak, Gia Lai, Kontum, Lam Dong, Boun Me Thuot. Coffee is also produced in the Southeast region containing Dong Nai, Ba Ria-Vung tau, Binh Phuoc, and in the central coastal region. Coffee in Vietnam is different as they blend various coffee beans while balancing the coffee’s body and acidity level, to create unique flavors. Condensed milk is use as a replacement for milk because it is easier to find and store. Condensed milk also makes a great sweetener.

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Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_production_in_Vietnam

http://www.worldatlas.com/articles/top-coffee-producing-countries.html

Coffee in Brazil

Let’s check out the history of coffee in Brazil. Brazil produces about one-third of the world’s coffee. Coffee was first brought to Brazil around the 18th century. Coffee became one of the largest production in Brazil by 1920’s, providing about 80% of the world’s coffee beans, but it declined as other countries began to produce coffee.

Around 1727, Francisco de Melo Palheta smuggled coffee seeds from French Guinea. Francisco was on his way back to Brazil after a diplomatic mission. Coffee was first grown domestically until the US and European countries saw an increase in demand. There were three main locations for coffee growth Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, and Minas Gerais.

By the early 20th century, the coffee production made up around 16% of Brazil’s economy. Brazil grows both types of beans, arabica and robusta. Arabica coffee is produced in the southeastern regions of Minas Gerais, San Paulo, and Parana.  Robusta coffee is produced in the northwestern area of Brazil, Espirito Santo. Brazil also uses the sun to dry their coffee beans, like Honduras, after harvesting them. Brazil’s coffee gives you a low acidity, clear, sweet, medium bodied coffee taste. Producing more than 2.7 million tons of Arabica and Robusta coffee, with over 220,000 farms, has made Brazil first of the world’s coffee production!

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_production_in_Brazil

http://www.ncausa.org/About-Coffee/Coffee-Around-the-World

Difference between coffee from Honduras and Colombia

Colombia 

Located near the equator, Colombia has a high advantage in growing high-quality coffee. With various areas containing ideal weather conditions and high altitudes, coffee in Colombia is grown in three major regions. The center region is well-known for its coffee growth. The center region, called the coffee triangle, consists of Caldas, Quindio, and Risaraldo. It’s wet and dry season helps with coffee grown, although these conditions can also bring many challenges. Out of the two coffee beans, Colombia uses Arabica beans. Coffee is Colombia is grown at high altitudes ranging from 4,000 to 6,400 feet. Coffee from Colombia gives you a creamy like, mild-high acidity, and strong fruity flavor with a bit of nut. Colombia coffee has a sweet medium bodied.

Honduras

Located in Central America, Honduras coffee is grown in six different regions: Copan, Opalca, Marcala-Montecillos, Comayagua, El Paraiso, and Aglata Tropical. Honduras wet and dry season are more extreme than Colombia’s causing more weather-related problems. But like Colombia, Honduras also contains rich fertile, high altitudes, and various tree shades for coffee. Honduras also uses Arabica coffee beans, but they are sun dried. The sundried variable is different from how coffee beans are regularly harvested. Honduras highest quality of coffee grows underneath the shade of various trees such as banana trees. Honduras coffee gives you a low to medium acidity, with a variety of sweet and flavorful types.

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Sources:

http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/coffee-in-colombia-waking-up-to-an-opportunity/

http://drinks.seriouseats.com/2013/06/coffee-flavor-profiles-major-growing-regions-guatemala-kenya-brazil-ethiopia.html

http://www.cafedecolombia.com/particulares/en/la_tierra_del_cafe/regiones_cafeteras/

http://www.coffeehunter.com/green_coffees/european/honduras

http://portlandroasting.com/

History of Coffee in Honduras

Let’s check out the history of coffee in Honduras. Coffee in Honduras seemed to have been introduced around the late 18th Century by the trade market. In the 19th Century, coffee growth was slow due to the fact that bananas were the main source of income for most farmers. But by the mid-20th Century coffee grew immensely with the help of the government.

The coffee industry of Honduras has dealt with many difficult challenges. The weather was/is one of the main challenges. Hurricane Mitch in 1998, destroyed more than 80% of agricultural fields in Honduras. After the hurricane, Honduras economic system did not do well. Due to the slow economy system, farmers would smuggle their coffee beans out of Honduras and sell them at a higher price to nearby countries like Guatemala. Exporting coffee out of Honduras decreased as the government began to tax the exportation of coffee, but this led to increased illegal exporting of coffee. The decrease of illegal coffee exportation was largely due to the fact that the government began to assists farmers with growing coffee crops. They helped by passing laws that helped farmers produce and access coffee in remote areas. One way that they helped was by creating roads to those remote areas.

IHCAFE, an advocacy of coffee, helped coffee grow by creating their coffee as a high-quality product in the international markets. Coffee from Honduras is grown in six different areas, each area creates a unique flavor and bodied. From 2011-2012, Honduras exported more than 4.1 million bags of coffee, talk about a growth! Although coffee exportation has declined, Honduras is still one of the top ten exporters of coffee in the world.

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sponsored/lifestyle/honduras-gangs/11376624/honduras-coffee-history.html

History of Coffee in Colombia

Let’s take a look at the history of coffee in Colombia. It is unsure as to how coffee arrived in Colombia there are different theories. One of the theories is that the coffee bean came around the 17th Century, with Jesuit priests, but it wasn’t until 1835’s that the first export of coffee from Colombia to the America was shipped.

Colombia's coffee is growth in high altitudes and carefully cared for in the shades of banana and rubber trees, Colombia's coffee is a rich, full-bodied, and perfectly balanced coffee taste. There are two main regions to where coffee is grown, the central region and the eastern region. The central region creates a heavy body, rich flavor, and finely balanced acidity coffee. While in the eastern region, it creates a richer, heavier and has less acidity coffee, making it the finest coffee in Colombia.

Around the 1860’s coffee had become one of the largest and most exported agriculture crops in Colombia. This made coffee on of the main source of government revenue. By 1875’s, Colombia was exporting more than 100,000 bags of coffee and by 1992, Colombia exported more than 17 million bags! Although Colombia's coffee export has slowed down, it's still exporting a great amount of coffee, but not as large as Brazil or Vietnam.

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Source:

http://www.ultimate-coffees-info.com/colombian-coffee.html

http://gosouthamerica.about.com/cs/southamerica/a/CulCoffee.htm

Origin of Coffee- Yemen

In a port called Al-Mokha, which is located in Yemen, it has been said that coffee originated from there. In this small city, the locals gave coffee its original Arabic name qahwa and mocha came from this port, port Al-Mokha.

According to World.Mic, coffee was everything to Yemen. Coffee was handed down from generation to generation, and it was one of the most important plants there was for Yemenis. Coffee was considered the “Wine of Arabia”, where monks in the Sufi monasteries of Yemen drank it to help them stay up for midnight prayers. Coffee spread from the monks to everyone, for everyday use and it was also included in trades as an exquisite item. It spread all over the Islamic world creating different coffee houses in areas including Persia, Egypt, Turkey, and North Africa. Coffee spread all over Europe by the Ottoman Empire and by trading markets by the Yemeni in the port of Mocha. England and the Dutch East India Companies were able to transport the Mocha beans and trees back to England, India, Sumatra, Bali and other islands in the East Indies.

Although now coffee is not as big anymore in Yemen, the taste and smell of Arabica coffee are unique as it takes a while to create and perfect. The coffee beans can only be harvested five years after being planted at 2,500 meters (about 8,200 feet above sea level). The coffee beans are handpicked at a specific time, dried outside by the sun, and then peel the dried skin. Yemenis use every part of the coffee plant. The leaves are used to make a red tea that's like herbal medicine, and the husk is used within a drink, which contains a lot of antioxidants.

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