Coffee has long been known to increase alertness and performance, especially when combined with caffeine. But can the same cognitive-enhancing benefits exist without unhealthy side effects? Nootropic coffee offers one such solution by combining your daily cup with nootropic ingredients such as lion’s mane extract, turmeric or even cannabis-derived nootropics like nootropic tea; these smart drinks can help achieve peak mental performance while fulfilling caffeine requirements.

Coffee beans are actually processed and roasted seeds from a fruit known as the coffee cherry, covered with a paper-like skin known as parchment or endocarp in the coffee trade. Underneath this, pulp forms inside, which then separates two beans that are separated by another thin fleshy layer separating two beans separated by yet another thin fleshy tissue layer before being enclosed by another thin membrane of silver skin known as bean skin or silver sheath.

The bean itself contains many bioactive compounds with antioxidant, lipid-lowering, hypoglycemic and neuroprotective properties. These include chlorogenic acids, caffeic acid, theanine, trigonelline and several alkaloids such as cafesine, kahweol and choline. In addition, roasting coffee beans alters their molecules by altering their structures – increasing bioavailability while simultaneously increasing biological activity.

Humans metabolize caffeine into an intriguing compound known as paraxanthine, and studies demonstrate its remarkable effects. Studies show that, unlike caffeine, paraxanthine has less of an impact on blood pressure and heart rate as well as producing less side effects like stomach upset than its predecessor (Wenk, 2021). Furthermore, paraxanthine binds better with receptor sites and promotes greater locomotor activation (Wenk).