You may notice quite a few homeless people around Seoul Station. A lot of visitors ask me, “Why are there so many homeless people here?” One of the biggest reasons goes back to 1997, during the Asian Financial Crisis. In Korea, we usually call it the IMF Crisis . A lot of companies went bankrupt, unemployment rose very quickly, and many people suddenly lost their jobs and income. Some people eventually lost their homes as well. And many of them came to Seoul Station . Why here? Because this was one of the main places to find day labor and temporary jobs , and it was also the main railway station if they wanted to go back to their hometowns. But some had no money left and nowhere else to go, so they stayed around the station. That is one reason Seoul Station became one of the main gathering places for homeless people after the 1997 crisis. Then another thing happened. Once many homeless people were here, churches, charities, NGOs, and the government started providing help here. Th...
Famous coffee lovers
Voltaire drank more than 70 cups of coffee a day. Nevertheless, he lived to age 84. A century earlier, the insightful Marquis of Sevine was convinced that the coffee trend was temporary. But this is completely wrong.
Seizures couldn't get inspiration without the help of coffee, and he said he would have drank nearly 50,000 cups of coffee in his lifetime. That's the number assuming he's been drinking coffee since at least 18. The seizure died at the age of 51. People thought his death was due to coffee. However, his death was actually joint rheumatism.
These stories about the history of coffee are exaggerated, but show how much the French enthusiasm for coffee was. Until the 18th century, <Coffee House> was said to have been a man's exclusive property.
Characteristics of tea
In addition to coffee, teas such as green tea or black tea also contain caffeine, so their characteristics are the same as coffee.
However, the characteristics of tea has little effect on the human bod and less than that of coffee, and it can be changed by various factors.
An ingredient in tea called tannin increases resistance to caffeine and reduces its effectiveness. Tea also contains oxalic acid, so ingesting large amounts can inhibit the absorption of some minerals.
The caffeine in tea dissolves quickly in water, while tannins come out slowly. This is why caffeine's effect is greater than that of dark tea that is incompletely soaked in water.
The dark tea, which is slowly brewed after long soaking in water, contains more tannins, a protective ingredient.
To drink tea lightly, soak it for at least 3 minutes and pour hot water several times depending on your taste. You can also pour out the first poured water and brew it after freshly pouring.