| Coffee was first discovered in Ethiopia. According to legend, a goat herder named of Kaldi noticed that his goats began acting erratic after eating berries from a particular type of bush. When Kaldi tried the berries himself he found they gave him a renewed energy.
Two billion cups of coffee are consumed worldwide each year. Over 300 million in the US alone.
Today, coffee is second only to oil in terms of dollars traded worldwide annually.
Espresso actually has less caffeine than a regular serving of drip coffee; 100mg vs 145mg, respectively. This is because with a properly brewed espresso the water is in contact with the grounds for only 20 secs as compared to five or so minutes with a drip.
A dark roasted coffee actually has slightly less caffeine that a light roasted coffee.
It takes 42 coffee beans to make an average shot of espresso
There are more than 50 coffee producing countries worldwide, however, all of them lie within 1,000 miles of the equator between the tropic of Cancer and the tropic of Capricorn.
It takes one acre of coffee trees to produce one ton of coffee beans. |
