Have you ever heard of Cola Beans?
By Bunny2
@Bunny2 (2102)
Australia
July 25, 2007 1:34am CST
My friend has been diagnosed as being allergic to Cola Beans. I've looked online and I can mostly find references to recipes where you cook baked beans in cola beverages - doesn't sound to my taste. But there are a couple of sites that mention Cola Beans as if there are a type of bean. Does anyone out there know?
3 responses
@crazypumpkin (501)
• Philippines
26 Jul 07
Maybe the doctor means nuts.
Kola Nuts/Cola Nuts- are seeds that come from the Cola Nitida and Cola Acuminata. It contains caffeine and acts as a stimulant and anti-depressant. They are also chewed to reduce fatigue and hunger. In many African countries offering Cola Nut is a gesture of friendship and hospitality.
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@hachimitsu (873)
• United States
25 Jul 07
Maybe you're referring to Kola nuts, which are a popular type of nut in Africa. (I heard of them from Chinua Achebe's classic, "Things Fall Apart.") Apparently it is a popular practice in West African cultures to chew kola nuts, which seems to lead to oral cancer.
Maybe Kola nuts and Cola beans are in the same family of legumes?
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@Bunny2 (2102)
• Australia
26 Jul 07
To be honest I don't know. I have found references to both Cola Beans and Kola Nuts but not much of a description of either. One website (Middle Eastern)actually puts them in the same sentence: "Caffeine is a natural substance in more than sixty plants including coffee and cola beans, tealeaves, and kola nuts." So I am wondering if they "are" different?
Thanks for your reply.
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@Ruralchook (538)
• Australia
26 Jul 07
Hi Bunny2 the cola bean your looking for is a coffee bean or the offical botanical name for the one your after is "cola acuminata".
Hope this helps
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