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#55 Caffeine

Minding the Brain

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Is Caffeine Adaptable?

Caffeine was first discovered in China about a thousand years before the common era. Coffee probably came from Ethiopia, we think around year 850. Legend has it that some herder noticed his goats were fidgety after eating arabica plant berries. And he gave them to a monk who used them to make the world's first cup of coffee.

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