Coffee is said to have been discovered by a ninth-century Ethiopian farmer, who realized his goats were going crazy over coffee beans.
Originally coffee was eaten. African tribes mixed coffee berries with fat which formed edible energy balls.
All coffee in the world grows in the ‘coffee belt’ which is the area between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn.
There are 25 species of coffee. Arabica and Robusto are the two main beans used commercially. Columbia and Brazil are the two biggest suppliers of beans worldwide.
The Dutch drink more coffee than any other nation, an average of 2.414 cups each, every day.
Coffee is the number two traded commodity in the world (oil is the no.1).
Coffee is the most popular drink worldwide with over 400 billion cups consumed each year.
The word Cappuccino comes from the resemblance of the drink to the clothing of the Capuchin monks.
The world’s most expensive coffee is Kopi Luak, made from beans excreted by civet cats.
George Washington, a Belgian man living in Guatemala, in 1906 invented instant coffee.
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