contains caffeine. The use of the drink of the coffee had its origin in Kaffa,
Abyssinia, today Ethiopia, when a shepherd called Kaldi observed that his goats
were smarter and hopping around when eating the leaves and fruits of the coffee
tree. He tried the fruits himself and he felt happier and with bigger vivacity.
A monk of the region discovered this and started to use an infusion of the
fruits to resist sleeping during his prayers.
The effect of the drink was spread, and in the16th century coffee was used in
the east, being toasted for the first time in Persia. The coffee had enemies
even between the Arabs who considered that the effects of the drink of coffee
were against the laws of the Prophet Mahmed. However, as soon as the coffee won
these obstacles, even the Arabian doctors adhered to the drink to help the
digestion, to cheer the spirit and to stay awake, according to writers of that
time.
In Arabia, the infusion of the coffee received the name of "Kahwah" or "Cahue",
meaning in Arab "force". The classification - Arabian Coffea was given by the
scholar Lineu.
In 1675, the coffee was taken to Turkey and Italy, but the drink considered
Arabian was forbidden to the Christians and it only was allowed after the Pope
Clement VIII tried it.
In its travel around the world, the coffee arrived Java later, reaching Holland
and, thanks to the dynamism of the Dutch maritime commerce executed by the
company of Occidental India, the coffee was introduced in the new world,
spreading itself through the Guyanas, Martinique, Santo Domingo, Puerto Rico and
Cuba.
The commercial establishments in Europe made solid the use of the drink of the
coffee, and diverse houses of coffee had been world-wide known, as "Virginia
Coffea House", in London, and the "Coffee of La Régence" in Paris, where famous
names as Rousseau, Voltaire, Richelieu and Diderot congregated.
Here goes a tip: if you're a guy, don't think that you are the only one that is
going to be more vivacious and have more energy when you take a cup of coffee.
Beyond you – believe it or not – your spermatozoa will obtain the same effects.
This is what a Brazilian urologist concluded after coordinating a research,
which turned international notice after being presented by him in a conference
in San Antonio, United States. The results show that the men who take at least
one cup of coffee on a daily basis present greater movement of the sperm. In
other words, the spermatozoa have more energy and are quicker, increasing the
possibility of making a woman pregnant. "The caffeine can increase the use of
energy of the sperm, as if it were a stimulant. It is as if the spermatozoon
took an energetic", explains the researcher.
To affirm this, the semen of 750 fertile men and with active sexual life was
tested by him. "Who takes coffee does not produce more sperm. The only
alteration observed was in its quality of movement, independently of the amount
of coffee ingested daily", explains the urologist. In numbers, between the men
who take coffee, 67% of the spermatozoa had mobility enough to arrive at the
ovule, against 54% that did not take it. Now, the doctor will test men with
fertility problems. "Depending on the results, we can suggest to the patient
with little movement of the spermatozoa to take a cup of coffee”.