In most meetings, be it offices, small workshop groups or symposium; a cup of coffee just never missed to be there. Was serving coffee in meetings just for hospitality purposes? We all don’t think so. Serving coffee during meetings is, most often than not, used to provide that mental stimulant/perk that we all need during meetings. In every meeting, we all want our minds working; not having to feel sleepy, being able to have that sustained attention, giving the best knowledge to share, ventilating our thoughts and opinions, and coming up with creative suggestions; but could a cup of coffee really support all, if not, any of those mental activities? Well, there have been a lot of studies on how caffeine in coffee helps a person’s cognition on both short and long term basis…
(Source: Manila Bulletin)