A warning has been issued by a women's foundation about coffee and orange juice said to be spiked with a sex stimulant being given to unsuspecting women. Sold as instant coffee and orange juice in packets, the drink is suspected to be heavily laced with an aphrodisiac.

It leaves drinkers excessively aroused, according to Pavena Hongsakula, chairwoman of the Pathum Thani-based Pavena Hongsakula Foundation for Women and Children.

She said the drink is especially dangerous to women because it triggers an uncontrollable urge to have sex with the men who set out to take advantage of them.

Ms Pavena said she was told about it three weeks ago by a university student named Bee.

The young woman said she knew a man through an internet contact and the two eventually met in person over a meal at the man's house. The man made her a cup of coffee which he said was a new formula health drink.

Bee drank the coffee and shortly afterward she felt a surge of arousal and an instant desire for sex.

She then agreed to sleep with the man, Ms Pavena said.

After the girl returned home, she regretted losing control of herself. She suspected she had been under the influence of the coffee.

Ms Pavena said Bee approached the foundation and asked that it spread a word of caution about the coffee.

Ms Pavena said her foundation heard a similar story from a bar hostess. A bar patron offered her a cup of coffee which smelt very aromatic and tasted sweet.

About 10 minutes after drinking it, she became dazed and felt a ''sudden unstoppable sexual excitement'' which drove her to have sex with the customer.

The hostess said she had a hangover the next day.

Ms Pavena said the foundation earlier got hold of the packets of the instant coffee and the orange juice mailed in by an anonymous sender.

According to instructions on the packets, the coffee is to be mixed with hot water and it is available for both women and men. The orange juice is for women only.

Ms Pavena said it was most important to know what was in the instant coffee and orange juice as it posed a danger to women's safety.

Although the drinker had consensual sex, she had been manipulated into doing so without her knowing it.

The contents of the packets would be sent to the Food and Drug Administration for testing.

Bangkok Post - 7 April 2008