Details of the Not-So-Obvious

Chili peppers are ground down to a fine dust to better be able to extract their active ingredient, capsaicin. Once the capsaicin, a chemical compound that "stimulates" the chemoreceptor nerve endings, is isolated and concentrated, it can be put into a pressurized container to be deployed into the eyes, ears, nose, and/or mouth of any dumbass that deserves it. Pretty dangerous stuff.

Anthrax, actually a bacterium, not a virus, can also be manipulated the same way, although it isn't usually put in a pressurized container and sold at your corner drugstore. The finer the powder, the more concentrated it is, and the easier it is absorbed into the body. PRETTY dangerous stuff.

This procedure and process of extraction and concentration is called "weaponization." That means making a weapon out of something that isn't usually a weapon. A chili pepper isn't a weapon, although it could make you hella sick. The Anthrax bacterium, naturally existing in nature, isn't usually a weapon, although it too will make you hella hella sick. But once you weaponize them, they go from "funny and microscopic" to "you're in big trouble" all the way to "odds on that you're gonna die, bub." REALLY dangerous stuff.

The reason I mention all this is because I've noticed something recently, and it sort of fits in with what I've been talking about. Cuban coffee, elsewise known as expresso, is made from coffee beans just like American coffee, capuchino, and all the other $6 coffees available everywhere you go. The difference between expresso and the other coffees is that the beans used to make expresso are ground down to a fine powder to make the extraction of the active ingredient, caffeine, easier. Consequently, the resultant product is stronger and more concentrated, and much easier to absorb into the system.

Can you see where this is going?

Weaponized coffee!