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Coffee is usually associated with breakfast. It is part of an everyday meal for some who are addicted to caffeine even without them noticing that they are already addicted to it.
The word itself makes you think of royal intrigue in exotic land because coffee has a romantically deep past which leans toward mystery and adventure.

In the Spice Islands, it is called Java. Portuguese traders called it café. Arab explorer named it Gahwah. In most countries today, even those mentioned above, it is known as coffee. I hope you do not call your coffee drink as Starbucks.  It was first utilized for spiritual reasons by the Muslim monks. Arabians on the other hand used the pulps of fermented coffee beans to make wine.

It also has the following “IMPORTANT” benefits:

Increases female libido and sperm mobility
A Brazilian study showed that coffee intake makes the sperm more mobile. Aside from being a baby making aid, it also shows that coffee drinkers enjoy sex until their late years. In women, they administered caffeine in female rats (sorry for the disgusting example, but rats are the living thing they use to test drugs for cause and effects.) and it took them less time to go back to their mates because they were somewhat excited, to that effect.

Maintains alertness and activeness
Since most of us work like slaves, working the hours off the night, we need coffee to stay awake. Caffeine will give you a “nitrous” boost effect in our blood sugar level by releasing adrenaline. It will now mix produce glucose that will make our muscles work on the double. A warning though: If you raised your adrenaline by drinking coffee but your work entails you to minimal movement, those glucose will now be converted to fat.

So, now you know why people should drink coffee not only in the morning, but also, at night. There is no hard evidence but if you tell your partner that it has that effect, it might affect them psychologically and you might enjoy after all.

Living in China for half a year, I had the liberty to taste the real deal china food. Tourist and travelers do not taste the same kind of food. A tourist is a mere visitor to a foreign country but a traveler is an adventurous type of people wherein they blend with the locals, doesn’t go around with a tour guide or tour group.

More often than not, people worry about what they will eat when they go to new places and that my friend, is what you call a tourist. To be a traveler, you need to be ready to eat all kinds of food. Some precautions won’t hurt like taking flu shots or several kinds of vaccines but, as we all know, to have a strong immune system, you need to have a few germs inside your body.

What to try in china?

Xiao Long Bao - This is a meat wrapped in a soft flour wrapper. Go to chinatown in your place and you can find these wrapped meats but, to get the real authentic feel, your Xiao Long Bao should have soup inside it. No soup = fake! It is about the size of your fist when closed. To eat it, you will be given a straw to sip the soup out and chinese spoon to eat the wrapped meat.

Yang Row - That is how you exactly say it in mandarin. “Yang” means lamb and “Row” means meat. You can find these food in street corners and is a must try with chili powder. Just writing about this makes my mouth water! This food costs around 25 US centavos. Just four sticks of that and an order of a rice would be great for a meal!

Mini Lobsters - There are some spots in Shanghai, who displays their mini lobsters outside their shop to attract customers. Yes, they are cheap. For just $8 dollars, you will have lobsters than can feed 2 to three people!

Just be warned though. Some street foods might not be clean enough for your stomach to handle. Just make sure that you check what you eat.

What not to try in China for weak stomachs but a must try for travelers!

Starfish - Seen in most shores, who would have though that this is a delicacy in China? This food is a bit crunchy, because it was fried first. Tastes salty but blends nicely with sweet fruit juices.

Snake - According to an encyclopedia, when eaten raw, snakes could be a dangerous source of parasitic infections in humans. I guess this goes with all the other food listed here. In Asia, snake blood is drank because it is believed to be an aphrodisiac. While alive, the blood is drained and usually mixed with liquor to improve the taste.

Beetles, Grasshoppers and other small creepy crawlers - Yes! As weird as it sounds, those we kill in our households, are sold there to be consumed by human beings! How does it taste like? Just crunchy, a bit salty with some weird tastes from time to time.

All these foods can be tried at an intersection in Wang Fu Jiang Road in Beijing, China. As human beings, we have the tendency to be more adventurous thus, producing travelers and not the same-old same-old tourist we see everywhere. You should try it. We only live once, you know? It is worth a try! What nasty stuffs have you eaten lately?