Chewing Gets Straight to the Heart of Coffee Beans
The most time-honoured way of consuming the caffeine-rich commodity, chewing coffee beans was once common practice amongst nomadic tribes as the way to reap the most benefit from the plant.
In terms of the taste experience associated with chewing coffee beans, there are two alternatives, according to a student from Cork, Ireland – Jamie Heffernan Quinn – who was intrigued by the concept – either softening the intensity by opting for a chocolate-coated version or going for the intense, bitter hit of the neat coffee beans that can be bought roasted from a coffee shop.
Whichever the preferred taste sensation, chewing through just six beans is enough to provoke the same effect as drinking a cup of coffee, according to Heffernan Quinn. Six beans may seem like a lot if opting for the uncoated variety. However, chocolate-coated versions can be surprisingly easily to keep eating, so it is important to be mindful of this natural limit before it is too late to reverse the effects.
Looking at the benefits of chewing on coffee beans over drinking coffee as a hot beverage, the beans are more portable, they do not go cold, they can be kept for days and the caffeine effect is just as good if not better than a cup of the liquid variety.