Did you ever wander what the caffeine molecule looks inside of us when it do all of its marvelous magic? I am not speaking here for the chemical structure of the molecule. This structure is very well known and you can see it in thousand pictures in internet or organic chemistry textbooks. I am speaking rather of seeing the caffeine molecule “in action” when it is doing all the wonderful job of tweaking our biological … Read entire article »

You may noticed that I am using a simple table to rate the Japanese coffees I am writing about. In this post I will briefly describe the principals on which this tables are created. First – the stars . This is the most subjective criteria. In general I will give 3 stars for average coffee, 4 for something well above average and 5 for a coffee I can not leave without. 2 is for something I will never try again and 1 star for something really discussing. Actually most of the can coffees I tried in Japan were usually in the 3 and 4 stars range. Second – the Energy content This is a more precise criteria. 1 battery for 10 to 17 kcal per 100 ml, 2 batteries for around 30 … Read entire article »