March 28, 2019 11:00 AMIf you’ve noticed #nappuccino or #coffeenap popping up on your Instagram feed the last few days, you might be wondering how coffee, which is known to keep you awake, could possibly be associated with sleep.
According to some scientists, drinking coffee before taking a 20-minute nap, which is the amount of time the caffeine takes to kick in, will leave you feeling more awake afterwards than just coffee or a nap alone. Writer Daniel H Pink, who NPR credit with naming the coffee nap a “nappuccino,” even shares his five steps to the perfect nappuccino on his website, which is also currently doing the rounds on Instagram, via the account of Next Big Idea Club, a book club curated by Pink along with Malcolm Gladwell, Adam Grant and Susan Cain.
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