Coffee for great minds.

[Big Chiro Flex]

There are downsides to any stimulants. And coffee is indeed very acidic. These are it's only faults. It's a pretty tame drug if used moderately.

[The Abdominal Snoman]

now... would caffeine pills/chunks of pills provide the same effects?  Or is it something about coffee itself?

The antioxidants are from the coffee bean...But unless you are drinking top notch coffee like i'm sure Adonis is, most of the coffee bean people drink in the west is burnt to a crisp...The carcinogens of anything burnt are well documented...