The most common question I receive:

Is coffee good for my health?

Yes it is. And you should absolutely drink it. Voltaire drank 60 cups of coffee daily. But there's a science to drinking coffee right.

Here's how to consume it correctly (without side effects): 🧵

Coffee works by interfering with adenosine, a molecule that builds up in your brain when you’re awake, consequently making you tired.

Adenosine, a byproduct of ATP (cellular energy), binds to specific receptors in your brain cells.

This binding triggers sleepiness.

But your brain fights back.

With regular consumption, it creates MORE adenosine receptors.

This is why you need increasingly stronger doses to feel the same effect.

And why you feel like death when you skip your morning cup (those extra receptors get flooded).

Coffee has fuelled intellectual revolutions for centuries.

Voltaire, Balzac, and Beethoven consumed extraordinary amounts daily.

Beethoven was meticulous, counting exactly 60 beans per cup each morning for his composing sessions.

They were onto something.

Full-time dev, part-time debugger of my own bad decisions. Still lovely, allegedly!

Very interesting cast. My daily standard is two flat white per day.

Why I don’t understand this is Voltaire wouldn’t have known these things