咖啡噴霧劑橫空出世,提神利器競爭咖啡地位

Many people rely on a cup of coffee or two to wake them up in the morning or pick them up during the working day, but now a chemist has come up with a speedy alternative to crafting a cuppa.

很多人喜歡在早晨起牀後或工作間隙喝一兩杯咖啡幫助提神，但如今，一位化學家發明出了能代替烘焙咖啡的快速提神製劑。

U.S. biochemist Ben Yu has created 'Sprayable Energy,' which claims to be the world's first caffeine - based topical energy spray.

美國生物化學家本·宇製造了“能量噴霧劑”，據說是全世界第一支以咖啡因爲主要原料的局部能量噴霧劑。

He said flagging workers can spray a 'shot' of caffeine onto their skin without experiencing a strong buzz, loading up on unnecessary calories or being stuck with a nasty aftertaste like they might get from drinking energy drinks or coffee.

這位化學家說，工作疲憊的人可以直接用它在皮膚上“來一發”咖啡因，無需受到咖啡機嗡嗡聲的折磨，不用擔心攝入過多卡路里，也不會在喝完咖啡或其他能量飲料後嘴裏出現難聞的味道。

The patent-pending caffeine spray is an odourless liquid that is absorbed through the skin and distributed through the body over a number of hours to deliver a caffeine hit that apparently lasts longer than guzzling a cup of coffee.

咖啡噴霧劑專利正在申請審批過程中，這種無味液體可以滲透皮膚，將咖啡因滯留在人體中長達幾個小時，很顯然它的效果要比大口喝咖啡持續得更長久。

Each small aluminum bottle of Sprayable Energy contains around 160 sprays - the equivalent amount of caffeine to 40 cups of coffee and the creators say it is a much cheaper way of getting a caffeine fix than popping to a cafe.

能量咖啡噴霧存放在小鋁瓶中，每瓶大約能噴160次，相當於40杯咖啡飲品中的咖啡因含量。設計者稱，通過這種方式獲取咖啡因要比到咖啡店裏喝咖啡划算得多。

The only active ingredient in the spray is caffeine, which can naturally enter the human body through the skin by passing through cell membranes as it is very similar to nicotine in structure.

咖啡因是能量噴霧裏唯一的活性組分，和尼古丁分子結構類似，它可以穿過表皮細胞膜直接進入人體。