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COFFEE Do you know that coffee has been discovered in Ethiopia around 850 by a shepherd ? His goats were excited after eating leaves and fruits of a shrub. Its role in nature is to act as a natural insecticide in order to avoid being eated by little insects. Since this discovery, coffee is becomed the second more beverage consumed in the world, after tea. And it is the second exchanged good after oil. USA is the eleventh bigger consumer of coffee, the first country is Finland. I consider coffee like an essentiel partner against tiredness feeling. My days never begin without a cup of coffee, I must admit that I am hooked, and I enjoy the smell of coffee. It is said that the French writer Honoré de Balzac could drink until 50 cups of coffee per day, he could work on his manuscripts until 18 hours per day. As for the composer Beethoven, he had a weird obsession, no more and no less than 60 coffee beans had to be used to prepare his beverage. Today, many people depend on caffeine to help them to start the day. But there are negative results from drinking too much coffee. Caffeine is a light stimulant that increases focussing and vigilance, but can affects sleep. Personally, if I drink coffee after 3 pm, I woud have difficulties to sleep. It has a diuretic and desiccant effect, so it is important to drink water after coffee. A massive dose could generate heart palpitations and tremors. And it is easy to become dependant, I can not do without coffee during the morning and after lunch. What about you ?

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COFFEE

Do you know that coffee had been {or: was} discovered in Ethiopia around 850 by a shepherd? His goats were {better: became} excited after eating leaves and fruits of a shrub.
Its role in nature is to act as a natural insecticide in order to avoid being eaten by little insects.
Since this discovery, coffee is has becomed the second more most consumed beverage consumed in the world, after tea. And it is the second most exchanged goods after oil. USA is the eleventh bigger largest consumer of coffee; the first country is Finland. [1]
I consider coffee like (as) an essential partner [2] against tiredness feeling. [3] My days never begin without a cup of coffee, I must admit that I am hooked, and I enjoy the smell of coffee.
It is said that the French writer Honoré de Balzac could drink until up to 50 cups of coffee per day, so he could work on his manuscripts until up to 18 hours [4] per day.
As for the composer Beethoven, he had a weird obsession: no more and no less than 60 coffee beans had to be used to prepare his beverage.
Today, many people depend on caffeine to help them to start the day. But there are negative results from drinking too much coffee.
Caffeine is a light stimulant that increases focussing and vigilance, but can affects sleep.
Personally, if I drink coffee after 3 pm, I would have difficulties to sleeping.
It has a diuretic and desiccant effect, so it is important to drink water after coffee.
A massive dose could generate heart palpitations and tremors. And it is easy to become dependent, I cannot do without coffee during in the morning and after lunch.
What about you?

  1. Or: "...the first being Finland"
  2. You could say "I consider it an essential partner" or "I consider it as an essential partner."
  3. Or: "against feeling tired"
  4. "Until" would be used for a specific time, i.e. "...so he could work until 2:00 in the morning"

I tapered my caffeine intake to two cups in the morning (from four), but I switch to caffeinated soda (usually Coke Zero) after noon, so I don't completely do without caffeine for the rest of the day. I usually have classes in the evening, and I can definitely feel that added sharpness in focus when I drink something with caffeine versus when I drink something non-caffeinated.

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