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â- Originally coffee was chewed.
- Drinking decaf fuels the Soda Industry
- Instant coffee has been around for approximately 250 Years
- The average American spends over $1000 on coffee every year
- Finland is the coffee capital of the world
- The home of the biggest coffee lovers is Finland.
- The life of Beethovenâs barista
- Brazilian athletes hustled to the Olympics
- Several attempts have been made to ban the beverage entirely
- Your cat could experience longevity by drinking coffee.
- Women in the 17th-Century believed coffee was turning their men into âUseless Corpses.â
- Chock Full OâNUTS coffee contains no nuts.
- The most expensive coffee in the world comes from animal poop.
- The first webcam watched a coffee pot.
- it would take 70 cups of coffee to kill a 150lb person
- The CIA headquarters has a Starbucks.
- Coffee may be used as fuel for your car.
- Caffeine dates back to 800 A.D.
- Coffee beans are technically seeds.
- Coffee cherries can be had as food.
- There are two main types of coffee being used Arabica & Robusta
- Brazil is the number one coffee producer in the world.
- Only US states produce coffee.
- Espresso means âpressed-outâ in Italian.
- The most expensive coffee in the world costs $600 a pound
- Banning coffee was attempted by multiple people.
- Coffee drinkers tend to live longer.
- The largest coffee is a 9-foot tall cup.
- The Boston Tea Party assisted in popularizing coffee in America.
- Decaf does not mean caffeine-free.
- âcoffeeâ is derived from the Arabic equivalent for âwine.â
- Starbucks inaugurates two stores every day on average.
- 1 cup of black coffee only contains 1 cal.
- Teddy Roosevelt coined the Maxwell Houses slogan.
- 25,000 different ways to order coffee at Dunkin Donuts
- Beautify your skin with coffee grounds.
Originally coffee was chewed.
Many historians have recorded that initially, African tribes consumed coffee by grinding berries, adding animal fat, and rolling the caffeinated treats into small edible energy balls.
Drinking decaf fuels the Soda Industry
Coffee manufacturers sell caffeine to soda and pharmaceutical companies after decaffeinating coffee beans.
Instant coffee has been around for approximately 250 Years
Instant coffee initially made an appearance in England in 1771. It was another 139 years that the first mass-produced instant coffee was introduced and patented in the US in 1910.
The average American spends over $1000 on coffee every year
If you believe spending an average of $1092 on coffee makes America the most caffeinated nation in the world. Think again
Finland is the coffee capital of the world
Finland does not produce coffee beans, but its citizens consume more coffee â perhaps the most of any country worldwide.
The home of the biggest coffee lovers is Finland.
According to the International Coffee Organization, the average adult Finn consumes 27.5 pounds of coffee every year. Americans consume 11 pounds in comparison.
The life of Beethovenâs barista
Beethoven enjoyed having coffee but was extremely particular about its preparation, insisting that every cup he consumed be made with precisely 60 beans.
Brazilian athletes hustled to the Olympics
brazil couldnât afford to send athletes to the Olympics in Los Angeles in 1932. So, they loaded the ship with coffee to sell along the way.
Several attempts have been made to ban the beverage entirely
Governments were attempting to eradicate coffee in the 18th century. They believed it tended to stimulate radical thinking. In Sweden in 1746, introduced excessive regulations banning coffee and coffee paraphernalia [i.e., cups and saucers].
Your cat could experience longevity by drinking coffee.
This may be a coincidence, but the Guinness World Record Holder for âOldest Cat Everâ â a 38-year-old kitty named Creme Puff enjoyed coffee every morning of her furry little life [apart from enjoying bacon, eggs, and broccoli]. Consider this before you dismiss this information outright. The cat that Creme Puff beat for the record [a 34-year-old cat appropriately named Grandpa Rex Allen] belonged to the same owner and was fed the same diet.
Women in the 17th-Century believed coffee was turning their men into âUseless Corpses.â
The Womenâs Petition Against Coffee in 1674 claimed it was turning British men into âuseless corpsesâ and suggested it be banned for anyone below 60.
Chock Full OâNUTS coffee contains no nuts.
It is named after a chain of nut stores that the founder converted into coffee shops.
The most expensive coffee in the world comes from animal poop.
Kopi Luwak, the most expensive coffee in the world, earns its distinction because of poop. Indonesia has a wild animal called the Asian Palm civet (a small critter like a weasel) that eats bright red coffee cherries. The beans passed through the civetâs systems without being fully digested. So brave coffee farmers collect the beans from the civetâs droppings and hopefully wash them before selling them for $600 per pound.
The first webcam watched a coffee pot.
It wasnât described as âaction-packed,â but it allowed researchers at Cambridge to monitor the situation of the coffee in the Trojan Room without having to leave their desks. After the WebCam portion of the Trojan Room coffee pot was completed, the pot â a nonworking Krups ProAroma pot commonly retailed at $50 was auctioned on eBay, fetching a price of just under $5000.
it would take 70 cups of coffee to kill a 150lb person
Excesses can be bad, including your coffee. A video from ASAPSCIENCE determined that 70 cups of coffee would be required to kill a person weighing approximately 150 pounds.
Donât be concerned because you need to consume 30 cups within a short period to get close to a lethal dose of caffeine.
The CIA headquarters has a Starbucks.
It is known as âStealthy Starbucksâ by some employees at the Central Intelligence Agency, but the employees at the Langley, Virginia, location are not your regular Starbucks employees. They must undergo extensive background checking and cannot leave their post without a CIA escort. What they donât have to do is write down or shout out the names of their customers.
Coffee may be used as fuel for your car.
Researchers have successfully converted coffee into biodiesel and found that used grounds also work.
Caffeine dates back to 800 A.D.
The Ninth-century goat herders noticed their goats were affected by caffeine and appeared to dance after eating the fruit of the Coffea plant. So a drink was made by a local monk to help him stay awake at night giving birth to the original cup of coffee.
Coffee beans are technically seeds.
Coffee in its original state looks like cherry berries but is called beans by us because they resemble legumes.
Coffee cherries can be had as food.
People mixed coffee cherries with fat in the early days, creating an energy-rich snack ball. The pulp would also be fermented to produce a wine-like drink.
There are two main types of coffee being used Arabica & Robusta
Farmers predominantly cultivate the species Arabica. Despite being less popular, Robusta tastes more bitter and contains higher caffeine.
Brazil is the number one coffee producer in the world.
Today, Brazil produces about a third of the worldâs coffee supply, according to the International Coffee Organization, which is about twice as much as the holder of 2nd place, Vietnam.
Only US states produce coffee.
The United States has gifted Kona coffee to the coffee world. Coffee traditionally grows better in climates along the equator, so Hawaiiâs weather is the perfect place. In addition, California has recently entered the coffee game with dozens of farms producing pricey premium bags.
Espresso means âpressed-outâ in Italian.
Brewed by forcing a small amount of nearly boiling water under pressure (expressing) through finely-ground coffee beans. Per ounce, espresso contains more caffeine â 30-50mg/oz. Compared to coffeeâs 8-15mg/oz.Â
The most expensive coffee in the world costs $600 a pound
The most coveted coffee comes from the feces of an Asian palm civet. The catlike creatures eat fruit and coffee cherries but cannot digest the beans. The excreted seeds produce a smooth, less acidic Kopi luwak, but animal welfare activists have criticized the production methods.
Banning coffee was attempted by multiple people.
The leaders in Mecca believed it stimulated radical thinking to outlaw the drink in 1511. Italian clergymen also attempted to ban coffee in the 16th century believing it was âsatanic.â However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee, which ended the ban and baptized coffee in 1600.
The Swedish government attempted to make coffee and any paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal in the 18th century for its inferred ties to insurrectionary sentiment.
Coffee drinkers tend to live longer.
Research has linked moderate consumption of about 3 to 4 cups per day with a longer lifespan and a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease, type II diabetes, and Parkinsonâs Disease.
The largest coffee is a 9-foot tall cup.
The 3487-gallon serving earned a Guinness World Record in 2012.
The Boston Tea Party assisted in popularizing coffee in America.
It became patriotic to sip coffee in the lead-up to the Revolutionary war. Coffee became more pervasive during the Civil War because it helped to energize tired troops.
Decaf does not mean caffeine-free.
An eight-ounce cup of brewed decaf contains 2-12 mg of caffeine. In contrast, a regular cup of coffee supplies around 95 to 200 mg, while a can of cola has about 25 to 35 mg of caffeine.
âcoffeeâ is derived from the Arabic equivalent for âwine.â
Qahwah assumed the name kahveh in Turkish and koffie in Dutch from where we have got the English word coffee.
Starbucks inaugurates two stores every day on average.
About 29,000 locations are now available around the globe.
1 cup of black coffee only contains 1 cal.
Sweeteners, cream, and other addons can quickly push the total calories higher. For example, a Starbucks venti Java Chip Frappuccino contains 600 cal and 88 g of sugar â higher than a McDonaldâs Big Mac!
Teddy Roosevelt coined the Maxwell Houses slogan.
Teddy Roosevelt, the 26th Pres. of the United States, loved coffee a lot, and one of his sons described his custom cup as âmore like a bathtub.â On a visit to Andrew Jacksonâs former estate in 1907, the commander-in-chief supposedly dubbed a couple of Maxwell House coffee âgood to the last drop,â a catchphrase used even today.
25,000 different ways to order coffee at Dunkin Donuts
With more than 12,500 restaurants worldwide in 46 countries, including more than 9,000 restaurants in the U.S., It sells about 2 billion cups globally, sufficient for customers to pick each option 80,000 times.
Beautify your skin with coffee grounds.
Use your leftover beans for a DIY scrub. âCoffee grounds are physical exfoliators capable of lifting off dead skin cells to make the skin feels smooth and look brighter,â mentions Good Housekeeping Beauty Lab Chemist Danusia Wnek. Caffeine is also beneficial to improving blood circulation in the skin, but significant clinical data isnât available on its use as topical products.
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