This post is inspired by 2 things:
My first cup of coffee at work every morning, &
Coffee is a magical substance that turns "leave me alone or die" into, "good morning honey!" - Aunty Acid
I am a big-time tea lover but I started having coffee ever since the tea made at my workplace didn't taste so good. Of course it was being made in the microwave & not on the stove like at home. Tea has to be cooked properly, there's a recipe that has to be followed, it takes time for the essence to really show up to make it taste good. That doesn't happen when you make it in a microwave hence coffee. Instead of writing a paragraph on coffee let me share some interesting facts that I read over the internet lately.
1. Coffee is actually a fruit - it’s a cherry.
2. Legend has it that coffee was accidentally discovered by an Ethiopian goat herder when he discovered how crazy the beans were making his goats. And yes - he gave it a try too lol!
3. Coffee is a proactive (proactive: affecting the mind or the mental processes) & at high doses it can make you 'see' things.
4. Lethal dose of caffeine is approx. 100 cups of coffee. (Now don't try this okay!)
5. The world record for most coffee consumption is 82 cups in 7 hours!
6. North Europeans are the biggest coffee drinkers - Denmark, Norway & Sweden lead the pack.
7. At first in Europe coffee was known as Arabic Wine.
8. 91% of coffee consumed is taken at breakfast, & sometimes 'is' breakfast.
9. The second place where coffee is most consumed is in the workplace.
10. Coffee is only grown near the Equator from the Tropic of Cancer to Tropic of Capricorn within a 1,000 mile limit.
11. A coffee drinker averages 2-3 cups of coffee a day.
12. Only 35% of coffee drinkers drink their coffee black.
13. It takes 40 coffee beans to make a cup of coffee.
14. Ludwig Van Beethoven, the great German composer & pianist was a big fan of coffee & it was rumored that he was very specific about his brew. Before every cup, he counted exactly 60 coffee beans a cup!
15. Coffee has been around for over 11 centuries & is currently the most widely consumed beverage in the world.
7. At first in Europe coffee was known as Arabic Wine.
8. 91% of coffee consumed is taken at breakfast, & sometimes 'is' breakfast.
9. The second place where coffee is most consumed is in the workplace.
10. Coffee is only grown near the Equator from the Tropic of Cancer to Tropic of Capricorn within a 1,000 mile limit.
11. A coffee drinker averages 2-3 cups of coffee a day.
12. Only 35% of coffee drinkers drink their coffee black.
13. It takes 40 coffee beans to make a cup of coffee.
14. Ludwig Van Beethoven, the great German composer & pianist was a big fan of coffee & it was rumored that he was very specific about his brew. Before every cup, he counted exactly 60 coffee beans a cup!
15. Coffee has been around for over 11 centuries & is currently the most widely consumed beverage in the world.
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