Time for a coffee? The bitter taste of caffeine is meant to be a warning Ammentorp Photography/Alamy
Most Delicious Poison
Noah Whiteman (Oneworld (UK); Little, Brown (US))
EVERY morning, millions of people rub their bleary eyes and stumble as quickly as they can towards the nearest source of coffee. The urge to get a caffeine hit is so overpowering, and the reward for it so great, that we often forget we are hankering for a fundamentally bitter chemical.
That bitter taste is meant to be unpleasant, a warning that we are consuming something…
