Whether getting one to go or lingering over a second cup, on September 29th be sure to observe National Coffee Day!
9th Century – The story goes that a goat herder in Ethiopia notices that his goats are highly energetic after eating berries from a certain tree.
1400s – Coffee becomes a commodity used for trade and commerce in Arabia’s Yemeni district
15th Century – The earliest credible evidence of either coffee drinking or the knowledge of the coffee tree appears in the middle of the 15th century in the Sufi monasteries around Mokha in Yemen.
1500s – Along with tea, thirsty people start drinking coffee throughout the Middle East in countries like Persia (modern-day Iran,) Turkey, Egypt, and Syria.
16th Century – In Constantinople, not providing your wife with enough coffee was grounds for divorce.
16th Century – It wasn’t always called ‘coffee’. The word “ coffee ” entered the English language in the 16th century. It was borrowed from the Italian word “caffe,” which comes from the Dutch word “koffie,” taken from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” which stemmed from the Arabic “qahwah.”
17th Century – Drinking coffee was once punishable by death! During the 17th century Ottoman Empire, coffee was believed to contain mind-altering effects. The ruler of this period believed it to be a type of narcotic and banned it from public consumption.
1600s – When European traders and merchants discover coffee in the Middle East, the brew’s popularity catches on and spreads throughout the continent.
Mid 1600s – The British bring coffee with them to New Amsterdam, modern-day New York City, and a morning craving is born!
1607 – Captain John Smith, one of the founders of the colony of Virginia, brings coffee to what will eventually become the United States
1652 – Both Oxford and London get their own coffee houses where they will quickly become fashionable for meetings, debates and more – but excluding women.[
1670 – Baba Budan smuggled coffee seeds out of the Middle East by strapping seven seeds onto his chest. The first plants grown from these stowed-away seeds were planted in Mysore. Coffee later spread to Italy and the rest of Europe, Indonesia, and the Americas.
1723 – Coffee in the Americas and the Caribbean comes from a single seedling transported to Martinique by a French naval officer.
1907 – Teddy Roosevelt reportedly coined Maxwell House’s slogan. On a 1907 visit to Andrew Jackson’s former estate, the commander-in-chief supposedly dubbed a cup of Maxwell House joe “good to the last drop,” a catchphrase still used today.
1910 – An American inventor named George Washington invented instant coffee in 1910.
1930 – For people who are tired of waiting for coffee to brew, Nestle and the Brazilian Coffee Institute introduce instant coffee, which becomes important during WWII.
1932 – Brazil couldn’t afford to send its athletes to Los Angeles for the 1932 Olympics, so the government loaded them in a ship full of coffee which was sold on the way to finance their trip.
2012 – Jerry Seinfeld combines classic cars, cute coffee shops, and the world’s top comedians to create improvised TV vignettes.
75% – Caffeine consumed by Americans who eat as a coffee
66% – Of women drink coffee every day
62% – Of men drinking coffee every day
100 – The age a coffee plant can live up to
5.7 billion – Pounds of coffee Brazil exports every year
3.1 – The number of coffees the average American drinks each day
400 million – coffees are consumed throughout America every day
146 billion – coffees are consumed in America each year
Brazil produces more coffee in the world than any other country, Colombia closely follows.
It’s the world’s 2nd largest traded commodity. Crude oil is first.
In ancient Arab culture, a woman could only divorce her husband if he didn’t like her coffee.
Coffee is a fruit. Coffee beans grow on a bush. They are actually the pit of a berry, which makes them a fruit.
“Kopi Luwak” is the most expensive coffee in the world. It comes from Indonesia and is made from beans digested from the Asian Palm Civet. In other words, it comes from cat poop. It sells for $370 and up per 2 pounds!
Hawaii is the only American state that grows coffee
The “Big Four” coffee roasting companies – Kraft, P&G, Sara Lee and Nestle – buy about 50% of the coffee produced worldwide.
The taste of coffee is different from its scent due to your saliva diluting the flavor.
People from New York drink seven times more coffee than other cities in the United States.
Starbucks first began by only selling roasted whole coffee beans.
Starbucks Coffee contains more caffeine than energy drinks.
The first webcam was created to watch over a coffee pot to avoid unnecessary trips to check for an empty pot.
Yelling for exactly 8 years, 7 months, and 6 days will allow you to generate enough heat to make one cup of coffee.
Coffee consumed between the hours of 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. is believed to be the most effective
More than half of the population in the United States drinks coffee every single day.
The Netherlands is the world’s largest per capita coffee consumer.
Research links moderate consumption (about three to four cups per day) with a longer life span, and a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and Parkinson’s, according to Harvard Health Publishing.
Decaf does not mean caffeine-free. An eight-ounce brewed cup of decaf coffee actually contains two to 12 milligrams of caffeine, the Mayo Clinic states. In comparison, a regular cup of coffee supplies between 95 to 200 milligrams, while one can of cola has about 23 to 35 milligrams of caffeine.
You can order coffee 25,000 different ways at Dunkin’. It sells 2 billion cups globally per year, enough for customers to pick each option 80,000 times.
New York City has the most coffee shops in the U.S. per capita.
The word espresso comes from Italian and means “expressed” or “forced out”. Espresso is made by forcing very hot water under high pressure through finely ground, compacted coffee.
According to the International Coffee Association, Europe imports more coffee than the USA. Brazil is the leading exporting country of coffee.
Finland consumes the most coffee in the world.
Before coffee became popular in the United States, the breakfast drink of choice was cider or beer, even for children.
Regularly drinking coffee may have health benefits such as reduced risk of illnesses like cancer, heart disease and Alzheimer’s.
In England, early coffee houses, increasingly known as “Schools for the Wise,” became gathering places for intellectual pursuits, entertainment and table games, like chess.
Hakone Kowakien Yunessun hot springs spa gives you the option to soak in a coffee bath, along with 26 other choices including red wine, sake or green tea.
On the other hand, recent studies have also revealed that coffee drinking may help prevent some particular conditions. This may include:
Parkinson’s Disease. Coffee has been shown to decrease the risk of neurodegenerative diseases, particularly in men.
Stroke. One study has shown that people who drink 2-3 cups of coffee each day may lower their risk of stroke by almost 1/3.
Alzheimer’s Disease. Coffee seems to help retain the sharpness in the brain and reduce the risk of this degenerative disease.
Type 2 Diabetes. In this case, some studies show that drinking either caffeinated or decaffeinated coffee can help reduce blood sugar levels and minimize the risk of diabetes in adults.
Sources:
National Day Calendar
Agiboo
Facts
Good Housekeeping
The Daily Meal
Death by Coffee
National Today
Days of the Year
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