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Coffee Culture And Creativity

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 #4 Coffee Culture And Creativity

Coffee and the caffeine inside it is one of the

worlds most popular drugs. The scientific
opinion about whether it is healthy or not, is
always changing. Some researchers say that
coffee creates inflammation in your body and
can cause high blood pressure as well as other
problems. Other researchers say coffee can
lower your risk for some types of cancer and
other diseases.

This may be true, but nobody is drinking coffee

boost: to increase because its good for you. We drink it because it
or improve tastes good and for the mental boost that it
gives us. Coffee has been famous for perking us
perk up: to up for over a thousand years. According to one
become more story, a 9th century goat herder in Ethiopia
active or energetic
discovered the effects of coffee when he saw his
goats perk up and jump around after eating
coffee berries.

Coffee spread to the Arab world in the 15th

century. In the 16th century, the first coffee shop
was opened in Istanbul, Turkey. Coffee shops
were not just a place to drink, but also were
places for conversation and learning. The Turks
called these coffee shops Schools of the Wise.

In the 17th century, coffee and more importantly

coffee shop culture spread to Europe. Under the
influence of coffee, businessmen, artists, writers
and philosophers created some of their best
work. Beethoven and Bach wrote much of their
music in coffee shops.

While many people say that coffee helps them

feel more awake, think more clearly and speak

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 #4 Coffee Culture And Creativity

more clearly too, maybe these effects are not all

caused by coffee. According to new research from
the University of Illinois, the background noise of
a coffee shop can make you think more creatively.

They tested people using different levels of

background noise and found that 70 decibels,
which is the average level of noise in a busy
coffee shop is ideal for improving creativity.
Background noise below this level is so quiet that
your focus becomes to narrow. And background
noise above this level is too distracting. The mid-
level of background noise in a coffee shop allows
think outside the us to think in a more creative far-reaching way.
box: to think Dr. Mehta says that it allows us to think outside
creatively or of the box.
differently
Coffitivity.com is a new free website that lets you
listen to coffee shop background sounds with the
hope that it will make you more creative.
Photos / Credits:
Photo #1 (cover) by Fe Ilya:
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