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The World 's Most Favorite Drink Essay

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Plants have existed since the dawn of time and have played important roles in human lives. Plants are used as medicines, food sources, building materials, clothing, dyes, paints, inks, papers, fertilizers, pesticides, lubricants and much more. One of the most used plant is Coffea Arabica, commonly known as coffee. Coffee is the world’s most favorite drink and the most important commercial crop plant. People drink coffee to relieve mental and physical fatigue and to increase mental alertness. Coffee is also used to prevent Parkinson 's disease, gallstones, type 2 diabetes, gastrointestinal cancer, lung cancer, and breast cancer. Other uses include treatment of headache, low blood pressure, obesity, and attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). It is scientifically known as Coffea Arabica L. It name is derived from the domain Eukaryota, Plantae kingdom, Magnoliophyta phylum, Magoliopsida class, a subclass of Asteridae, Rubiales order, a member of the Rubiaceae family, genus Coffea L and the specie name being Coffea arabica. I choose to write about Coffea Arabica L because of its use in the everyday human life. Coffee is use every day by 83% adults in the United States. Coffee sales are increasing 20% revenue per year and account for nearly 8% of the 18 billion dollars in the United States coffee market. Despite the many side effects of coffee on the human body, it doesn’t affect its consumption. The older an adult become, especially from age 18 – 39 due to load of

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