Coffee is almost universally loved by millions if not billions of people all around the world. We all have our favourite type of coffee and have some found memory of it. But now let's take a look at some lesser know interesting facts about coffee
1. Coffee is the 2nd most traded commodity
Yes, that's true! Coffee is the most traded commodity in the world only after crude oil. This shows how much of a liking the modern world has towards coffee. It has become part of cultures and traditions all around the glob.
2. Not having Coffee could lead to divorce
In medieval Arab culture, a women could demand a divorce from her husband lawfully if he failed to provide her with coffee daily. It's not even a joke, it's a great time to be alive, isn't it?
3. Coffee was banned
Coffee was banned in Prussia in 1777. This was brought by Frederick the Great of Prussia because he felt that coffee was interfering with the populations consumption of beer which according to him was a superior beverage. In no time this brought about rage among the public and so it was later abolished.
4. Espresso
In Italian 'expresso' means 'expressed' or rather literally 'forced out', which is how exactly expresso coffee is made. Boiling hot water is forced through grounded coffee beans which gives it that dark brown colour.
5. Coffee beens are actually fruits
Coffee beens are not actual beens, they are actually seeds of the coffee fruit. The coffee fruit is a cherry-like, juicy , red colour fruit.
6. The finest and most expensive Coffee your money can buy is cat poop!
Yes, you read it right! The most expensive coffee know as 'Kopi Luwak' is made from partially digested coffee cherries, which are fed to and then pooped out by Asian Palm Civet(known as a toddy cat).
7. Beer used to be more popular than coffee
Before coffee was introduced to Europe and the rest of the world, beer used to be the go to beverage. People would often have beer with breakfast before coffee was discovered.
8. Coffee can be turned into biodiesel
Scientist have successfully turned grounded coffee into biodiesel. Who knows some day coffee might be the most traded commodity in the world.
9. Coffee allowed Brazilian Athletes to participate in the Olympics
In 1932 the Government of Brazil could not finance their athletes to participate in the Olympics, so they decided to put them on a ship filled with coffee to sell and raise funds for themselves, and it worked!
10. Coffee reduces depression
Studies have shown that coffee can reduce your risk of depression.
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