13 Fascinating Coffee Facts
Coffee is the world’s most popular
beverage. It is the preferred drink of
Americans as well as people all over the
world and especially Europeans. The
history of coffee is an interesting one
as well, as coffee is believed to have
been first discovered back in c850 by
the legendary goat herder Kaldi in
Ethiopia whose goats become hyper after
eating red berries from a local shrub.
He in turn tried the berries himself and
noticed that they altered his mood for
the better.
The first coffee was roasted and boiled
by Arabs in c1100 who made qahwa, a
beverage made from coffee plants.
Throughout civilization coffee gained
popularity and spread throughout the
Americas, Europe and across the world.
The fact that coffee hit the world by
storm is certainly an understatement as
illustrated by the long lines at
Starbucks, with people willing to spend
an average of %5 a day on a cup of fresh
brew. It is definitely here to stay.
Aside from the cup, coffee flavor is
popular in candy, ice cream, cakes and
baked goods, as well as savory dish
recipes. It is a standard in the
morning, during work and as an after
dinner drink. It is impossible to find
an office building without a coffee
machine, or a corner without a Starbucks
or some other chick coffee house. Coffee
has many variations from the plain old
brew, to fancy cups of espresso with
steamed milk to the very thick and
strong Turkish coffee. There is no doubt
humans love it!
Coffee Facts
1. Caffeine acts as a natural pesticide
in many beans, leaves and fruits of some
plant life and it paralyzes and kills
some insects that feed on them.
2. Caffeine is a central nervous
stimulant that causes alertness and
often anxiety and sleeplessness.
3. Caffeine is a psychoactive substance,
which means it alters mood, like
marijuana and cocaine, but on a smaller
scale of course, and it is the only
legal and unregulated psychoactive
substance.
4. 90%PRCTG% of North Americans consume
caffeine daily.
5. The Brazilian coffee empire began
when Brazilians smuggled coffee tree
seeds out of Paris.
6. Coffee and tea plants are the most
commonly used sources of caffeine.
7. Coffee is the worlds most popular
beverage. More than 450 billion cups are
consumed each year.
8. Coffee is the second biggest world
commodity second only to oil.
9. The world’s primary source of
caffeine is the coffee bean. There are
hundreds of different beans, grown all
over the world.
10. Chocolate made from cocoa contains a
small amount of caffeine.
11. The Nestle company fist invented
Nescafe instant coffee in 1938.
12. Many studies have researched the
correlation between coffee and certain
medical conditions. The overall positive
and/or negative effects of coffee are
still disputed.
13. Over one hundred million people in
developing countries have become
dependent on coffee as their primary
source of income.
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