1.52% of Americans drink coffee.
2.A acre of coffee trees can produce up to 10,000 pounds of coffee cherries. That amounts to approximately 2000 pounds of beans after hulling or milling.
3.A scientific report form the University of California found that the steam rising from a cup of coffee contains the same amounts of antioxidants as three oranges. The antioxidants are heterocyclic compounds which prevents cancer and heart disease. It's good for you!
4.Adding sugar to coffee is believed to have started in 1715, in the court of King Louis XIV, the French monarch.
5.Advertisements for coffee in London in 1657 claimed that the beverage was a cure for scurvy, gout and other ills.
6.After the decaffeinating process, processing companies no longer throw the caffeine away; they sell it to pharmaceutical companies.
7.After they are roasted, and when the coffee beans begin to cool, they release about 700 chemical substances that make up the vaporizing aromas.
8.An arabica coffee tree can produce up to 12 pounds of coffee a year, depending on soil and climate.
9.Australians consume 60% more coffee than tea, a sixfold increase since 1940.
10.Beethoven who was a coffee lover, was so particular about his coffee that he always counted 60 beans each cup when he prepared his brew.
11.Before roasting, some green coffee beans are stored for years, and experts believe that certain beans improve with age, when stored properly.
12.Before the first French cafe in the late 1700's, coffee was sold by street vendors in Europe, in the Arab fashion. The Arabs were the forerunners of the sidewalk espresso carts of today.
2.A acre of coffee trees can produce up to 10,000 pounds of coffee cherries. That amounts to approximately 2000 pounds of beans after hulling or milling.
3.A scientific report form the University of California found that the steam rising from a cup of coffee contains the same amounts of antioxidants as three oranges. The antioxidants are heterocyclic compounds which prevents cancer and heart disease. It's good for you!
4.Adding sugar to coffee is believed to have started in 1715, in the court of King Louis XIV, the French monarch.
5.Advertisements for coffee in London in 1657 claimed that the beverage was a cure for scurvy, gout and other ills.
6.After the decaffeinating process, processing companies no longer throw the caffeine away; they sell it to pharmaceutical companies.
7.After they are roasted, and when the coffee beans begin to cool, they release about 700 chemical substances that make up the vaporizing aromas.
8.An arabica coffee tree can produce up to 12 pounds of coffee a year, depending on soil and climate.
9.Australians consume 60% more coffee than tea, a sixfold increase since 1940.
10.Beethoven who was a coffee lover, was so particular about his coffee that he always counted 60 beans each cup when he prepared his brew.
11.Before roasting, some green coffee beans are stored for years, and experts believe that certain beans improve with age, when stored properly.
12.Before the first French cafe in the late 1700's, coffee was sold by street vendors in Europe, in the Arab fashion. The Arabs were the forerunners of the sidewalk espresso carts of today.
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