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The history of coffee dates back more than a thousand years, originally ,
Coffee beans were used as food . East African tribes would grind the coffee
berries together , mixing the results into a paste with animal fat. Later ,
around 1000 AD , Ethiopians made a type of wine from coffee berries ,
fermenting the dried in water . Coffee also grew naturally on the Arabian
Peninsula where it was first developed into a hot drink . Despite decades
of research on coffee and caffeine , there are many misconceptions about
the potential health risks associated with coffee , while many of the beneficial
aspects have gone unnoticed .
The high antioxidant activity observed in research on coffee is believed to be
mostly due to the phenolic acids . GREEN COFFEE EXTRACT contains a number of
polyphenols called hydroxycinnamic acids , with the two most prominent being
chlorogenic and caffeic acids . Caffeic acid is the most abundant phenolic
compound in coffee .
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