Coffee lovers do not imagine one day without a familiar drink. Many perceive the daily intake of coffee almost like a ritual. After all, besides a minute of pleasure, it is also a health benefit.
Scientists have proven that this drink improves memory, prevents the appearance of depression, reduces the risk of cancer and other diseases. However, it is also known that the unlimited use of coffee can lead to various undesirable phenomena. That is why it is very important to know how to drink this magnificent drink.
How much coffee can be drunk daily?
To get from drunk coffee and pleasure, and benefit, you must adhere to a reasonable measure in its use. It is known that the aromatic drink is beyond due to the content of natural alkaloid - caffeine. With the unlimited consumption of coffee, excess caffeine leads to insomnia, nervousness, digestive disorder, heartbeat. In short, even everything is good should be moderately. How much coffee you can drink in a day, so as not to harm your health?
It is believed that the permissible daily intake is 300 mg of caffeine, which is equal to 3-m cups of beverage. This applies to healthy people who do not have contraindications to caffeine. In addition, it is a natural drink made from the ground beans. Soluble coffee powder can not be considered useful because it high content of artificial additives. How to prepare and drink coffee, so it was pleasant and brought benefits to the body?
How to make coffee?
All regions and corners of the world have their own specific preparation recipes and methods of coffee. Recipes can be very different, but there is one general for all rule: fresh-grinding grains and a drink should be used to prepare coffee. Only in this case the pleasure and benefit from your favorite drink will be maximum. The drink is boiled in the Turks, in coffee machines, prepare using a french press, and sometimes just poured with boiling water and insist in a conventional cup.
When is it better to drink coffee?
To better feel the taste of the drink, it must be drunk after eating, it is not on an empty stomach. On an empty stomach to take coffee is harmful, because in the absence of food, the sealing hydrochloric acid will irritate the walls of the stomach and will lead to undesirable consequences - heartburn, pain in the abdomen. Coffee dried after meals (not immediately, and after 1-2 hours) will only benefit - it will improve digestion.
The optimal time for receiving coffee is 11 hours and 14-15 hours of the day. In the evening, it is impossible to eat drink, it will lead to insomnia. The last intake of coffee should not be later than 5 hours before sleep. In the morning, drink a drink in 1-2 hours after waking up.
What to drink coffee?
Coffee is made to feed various desserts. There are several types of coffee that are consumed with water or with alcoholic beverages. What else can you drink coffee? Here are some options:
- Coffee is eastern drinking with water, because the drink is very strong. Eastern sweets, Cucats, dried fruits are served to Arabic and African coffee. Cakes and cupcakes for these drinks will not suit, as they are drinking in small portions, and fluids will not be enough for such desserts.
- Americana drink with the most various desserts and pastries.
- Italian espresso drink with ice cream, with walnut cookies. Ristretto is accepted without sugar and without additives.
- All varieties of coffee with milk - latte, cappuccino, etc. - are used with diverse pastries - croissants, cupcakes, cakes.
- It has its own tonic effect of coffee with cognac. It improves the mood and gives the body a powerful charge of cheerfulness. Usually this drink is prepared as: 2 teaspoons of cognac poured into a cup of hot coffee, sugar is added to taste. However, you can drink such a cocktail only to healthy people, and that is not more than one cup per day. Suffering cardiovascular diseases to drink coffee with cognac is prohibited.
In general, it is believed that coffee is properly drinking without sugar, but it solves each to your liking. And the most important point - coffee should be drinking fresh and necessarily hot, small sips to completely appreciate the aroma and taste gamut of this delightful drink and get not only pleasure, but also benefit to the body.