Coffee.

It's the lifeblood of your average day, grind the beans, load the filter, add water brew and enjoy.

But do you know what's inside that cup of coffee you're drinking mostly it's water over 98% of a cup But the other 2% is the really good stuff.

The first thing you notice is the aroma.

Actually some of the compounds in coffee would be pretty repulsive if they were present in higher concentrations like two ethyl fennel which has a tar like medicinal odor.

It also happens to be a cockroach pheromone.

The bugs use it to warn each other of danger.

There's also dimethyl di sulfide.

It's just barely detectable in your cup of joe which is lucky since it smells a bit like rotting meat.

But of course coffee still tastes pretty darn good rich to settle.

Metal carbon all lends a buttery taste.

No surprise.

Since it's a component of actual butter.

Try gonna line gives coffee its sweet earthy taste and it also battles cavity causing bacterium, streptococcus mutants keeping the critters from attaching to your teeth.

But the real health superstar is 35 D.

Capital clinic acid which protects your brain from free radical damage.

That's right.

Coffee is an antioxidant.

Once you've had a few slugs you're favorite ingredient kicks in caffeine.

It's actually an alkaloid plant toxin.

Like nicotine and cocaine but don't let that scare you in your brain.

It blocks receptors for the neurotransmitter.

Adenosine result.

You awake.

Want milk and sugar with that.

Well that's a whole other episode feeling wired.