Stimulating Beverages

Coffee

________ is a large genus with more than 90 species.

seed (bean)

What part of the plant is used to make coffee?

leaves

What part of the plant is used to make tea?

Ivory Coast

The ________ in West Africa provides 30 % of the cocoa of the world.

Caffeine

________ (AKA 1, 3, 7- trimethylxantheine) is an alkaloid.

Alkaloid

________: a Nitrogen- containing compound of plant origin.

Theophylline

________: relaxes muscles and has been used to treat asthma.

Nibs

________ are milled to produce chocolate liquor (brown oil)

Black tea

________: the leaves are dried on racks with hot air, the leaves wither and are rolled, these are left to ferment for a few hours, and then dried.

Coca

________ is the tree from which cocaine comes from.

Wet Method (South America)

the fruit is floated in large tanks to remove debris and then is mechanically depulped

Dry Method (Africa)

the fruit is allowed to dry in the open for several days while the pulp ferments

Brazil, Vietnam, Columbia, Indonesia, and Ethiopia

The top five countries for coffee production

Green tea

the leaves are not withered but are steamed and then dried directly to stay green

White Tea

the leaves harvested are of a particular variety that has tiny white hairs (trichomes), not steamed or withered

Kola tree

(Cola nitida)

Ethiopia

The coffee plant is native to

Brazil

The chocolate plant is native to