Coffee is a drink produced from the coffee grains. It is

stimulating, because it contains caffeine. The use of the drink

of the coffee had its origin in Kaffa, Abyssinia, today

Ethiopia, when a shepherd called Kaldi observed that his goats

were smarter and hopping around when eating the leaves and

fruits of the coffee tree. He tried the fruits himself and he

felt happier and with bigger vivacity. A monk of the region

discovered this and started to use an infusion of the fruits to

resist sleeping during his prayers.

The effect of the drink was spread, and in the16th century

coffee was used in the east, being toasted for the first time

in Persia. The coffee had enemies even between the Arabs who

considered that the effects of the drink of coffee were against

the laws of the Prophet Mahmed. However, as soon as the coffee

won these obstacles, even the Arabian doctors adhered to the

drink to help the digestion, to cheer the spirit and to stay

awake, according to writers of that time.

In Arabia, the infusion of the coffee received the name of

"Kahwah" or "Cahue", meaning in Arab "force". The

classification - Arabian Coffea was given by the scholar Lineu.

In 1675, the coffee was taken to Turkey and Italy, but the

drink considered Arabian was forbidden to the Christians and it

only was allowed after the Pope Clement VIII tried it.

In its travel around the world, the coffee arrived Java later,

reaching Holland and, thanks to the dynamism of the Dutch

maritime commerce executed by the company of Occidental India,

the coffee was introduced in the new world, spreading itself

through the Guyanas, Martinique, Santo Domingo, Puerto Rico and

Cuba.

The commercial establishments in Europe made solid the use of

the drink of the coffee, and diverse houses of coffee had been

world-wide known, as "Virginia Coffea House", in London, and

the "Coffee of La Régence" in Paris, where famous names as

Rousseau, Voltaire, Richelieu and Diderot congregated.

Here goes a tip: if you’re a guy, don’t think that you are the

only one that is going to be more vivacious and have more

energy when you take a cup of coffee. Beyond you – believe it

or not – your spermatozoa will obtain the same effects. This is

what a Brazilian urologist concluded after coordinating a

research, which turned international notice after being

presented by him in a conference in San Antonio, United States.

The results show that the men who take at least one cup of

coffee on a daily basis present greater movement of the sperm.

In other words, the spermatozoa have more energy and are

quicker, increasing the possibility of making a woman pregnant.

"The caffeine can increase the use of energy of the sperm, as if

it were a stimulant. It is as if the spermatozoon took an

energetic", explains the researcher.

To affirm this, the semen of 750 fertile men and with active

sexual life was tested by him. "Who takes coffee does not

produce more sperm. The only alteration observed was in its

quality of movement, independently of the amount of coffee

ingested daily", explains the urologist. In numbers, between

the men who take coffee, 67% of the spermatozoa had mobility

enough to arrive at the ovule, against 54% that did not take

it. Now, the doctor will test men with fertility problems.

"Depending on the results, we can suggest to the patient with

little movement of the spermatozoa to take a cup of coffee”.