The Chemistry Behind the Coffee Experience

Coffee is acidic, its acidic taste comes
From acids lending protons to receptors on the toungue.
Longer roasting, finer grind, and brewing much more hot
Usually brings out more of the acid coffee's got.

Coffee has over 800 aromatic compounds
But only a few of them make the coffee smell, it's found.
Compounds called the furans are the largest group, you see
They're colourless, volatile, and smell quite caramely.

Coffee, coffee is fun to drink.
Coffee, there's more to it than you think.

Compounds that contribute to bitterness include trigonelline,
Furfuryl alcohol, quinic acid, and caffeine.
Bitterness in coffee is associated with
More dissolved solids, and roasting for too long.

Caffeine's formula is C8H10N4O2.
It is coffee's stimulant, my favourite molecule.
It bonds to the adenosine receptors in the brain,
Blocking the adenosine and keeping you awake!

Coffee, coffee is fun to drink!
Coffee, there's more to it than you think!

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[MacCocoa]

Cute :3

[AnaAerophina]

Thanks!

[arachnidflame90]

Aw, this is so adorable! It's me, Shannon (your new Facebook TMBG friend)! You have such a cute voice. Wonderful job on the lyrics too. I'd sing this song just as much as I would the original. And yes indeed, coffee is fun to drink!

[AnaAerophina]

Aw, thank you! Haha, I was rather impressed with myself on this one, I'm not going to lie. ;D

[brunomcrispim]

Great! So cute.

[AnaAerophina]

Thanks!

[nathew]

i want an accordion.

[FlansyLinny]

Okay, I'm on my regular account now, sorry about the confusion. Well, my birthday's on March 17th (yes, St. Patrick's day) so that won't be long.

[TheNavyHM]

holy crap saw u commetning on p4a and u play the accordian

[a107lio]

Great!!

[Ozcloggie]

I started off being sceptical but this is well done!!

Wish you could have recorded an extra track of your singing, just to make the text a little more audible.

Greetings from a life-long accordion-playing, coffee-drinking Dutch-born Sydney-sider.

[DRDOMKE]

scary