It is black,you drink it couple of times in the day,it keeps you awake and you can't live without it.Its a simple guess, its coffee.But the interesting part is that this drink holds a lot of interesting stories that will make your drinking habit even bigger.
1.It was discovered by goats
Almost all the stories on the web point to the fact that coffee was first discovered by Ethiopian goat herder somewhere around the 9-th century.He noticed that his goats become more energetic and out of their mind after they eat the coffee beans.The same effect can be seen with Popeye when he eats his spinach.2.Coffee is a Seed, not a Bean.
Coffee is the seed of the coffee plant.The coffee is the seed inside the fruit. Unfortunately do to the resemblance to (real) Beans,coffee is refereed to coffee beans.The color of unroasted coffee seed's is green.
3.Coffee and the Church
in the 1600's there was a debate should the coffee be forbidden or used by Catholics.Thanks to god,the pope Clement voted in favor of coffee.
4.A lot of times coffee was banned
Try out history it has happened couple of times coffee to be banned.Charles the second in Europe banned the coffee because he believed the coffee houses spread the idea of a rebellion against him.In Germany Frederick the Great also banned coffee because he believed that to much money will leave the country.But after all coffee prevailed.
5.What happens when you don't provide coffee to your wife
In the Ottoman Empire it was legal for a women to divorce her husband if he didn't provide the necessary quantity of coffee.So fellas, pay attention how you treat your wife's.
6.Who is the biggest producer of coffee?
Brazil is the leading producer of coffee.For many years they produced more coffee that they can sell.So they started making researched to make other uses of it.One of the researches was to convert the coffee in a car fuel.Unfortunately that didn't went well.There was a rumor that they tried to produce plastic from the excessive amount of coffee,but i believe that its only a rumor.
7.500 billion drunk cup's - omggggggg
Can you believe that in 1 year more then 500 billion cup's of coffee is drunk every year. And at least 50 % of it is drunk for breakfast or as breakfast.
8.The second most traded commodity
You probably didn't know, but coffee is the most traded commodity after oil that sits on the first position.But believe me if people find a way out to make a fuel out of it it wont stay for long on the second position.
9.Special addons for coffee
Believe it or not but people are brewing marijuana with coffee.It must be a heavenly experience,but i don't recommend you doing that.
10.The best and most expensive coffee in the world
Believe it or not but the best and most expensive coffee in the world is the Kopi Luwak.It costs like 600 $ per pound,can you believe that.The reason why its so expensive its because its eaten and excreted by a Sumatran wild cat.What would not people do for a good taste of coffee!I don't know for sure if humans tried that technique of collecting and brewing coffee.Well I'm not willing to try so i go with the traditional method.Any one for a cup?
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