Here's some interesting
trivia from the caffeine
FAQ:
- The lethal dose of caffeine for the average adult is somewhere around 10 grams (between 50 and 200 cups of coffee). This also has a lot to do with tolerance levels.
- Caffeine has a bitter flavor. Barq's Root Beer adds caffiene as a flavouring agent for it's "bite".
- A UPI article states "A major study has found fewer suicides among coffee drinkers ..."
This FAQ available at http://www.cs.unb.ca/~alopez-o/Coffee/caffaq.html
structural formula for caffeine:
H H
\ /
H -- C O H H
\ // \ /
N -- C C -- H
/ \ /
O == C C --- N
\ // \
N -- C -- N == C -- H
/
H -- C caffeine
/ \ (C8H10N4O2)
H H