Mocha coffee (English: Café Mocha, Italian: Mocaccino, also known as mocha or mocha) is the oldest coffee, and its history can be traced back to the origin of coffee. It is a variant of espresso latte. Like the classic espresso latte, it is usually made of one-third espresso and two-thirds milk foam, but it also adds a little chocolate. Mocha is named after the famous Mocha Port.

In the 15th century, the outward transportation of the whole Middle East non-coffee countries was not prosperous. Mocha, Yemen was the main export port near the Red Sea at that time. At that time, coffee was mainly African coffee that was concentrated in Mocha port and then exported, all of which were collectively called Mocha coffee. Although the emerging port has replaced the status of Mocha Port, the origin of Mocha coffee in Mocha Port period has remained, and the coffee beans produced in these places are still called Mocha coffee beans.

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The benefits of drinking coffee

1, coffee contains certain nutrients. Nicotinic acid in coffee contains vitamin B, and the content of roasted coffee beans is higher. And there are free fatty acids, caffeine, tannic acid and so on.

2. Coffee is good for the skin. Coffee can promote metabolic function, activate digestive organs, and has great effect on constipation. Taking a bath with coffee powder is a kind of thermotherapy, which has the effect of losing weight.

3, coffee has the function of hangover. Drinking coffee after drinking will quickly oxidize acetaldehyde converted from alcohol, decompose it into water and carbon dioxide and excrete it.

4, coffee can eliminate fatigue. To eliminate fatigue, we must supplement nutrition, rest and sleep, and promote metabolic functions, and coffee has these functions.

5, three cups of coffee a day can prevent gallstones. For caffeinated coffee, it can stimulate gallbladder contraction and reduce cholesterol that is easy to form gallstones in bile. Recently, researchers at Harvard University in the United States found that men who drink two or three cups of coffee a day have a lower chance of getting gallstones than 40%.

6. Drinking coffee often can prevent radiation damage. Radiation damage, especially the radiation of electrical appliances, has become a prominent pollution. Indian atomic researchers in Baba got this conclusion in mouse experiments and said it can be applied to humans.

7. The health care function of coffee. Coffee has antioxidant effects.

8. The influence of coffee on mood. Experiments show that the average person absorbs 300 milligrams (about 3 cups of brewed coffee) a day, which will have a good influence on a person's alertness and mood.

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