30 Interesting Fun Facts for Coffee Lovers

30 Interesting Fun Facts for Coffee Lovers

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Around 800 A.D., a shepherd in Ethiopia noticed his goats looked as if they were dancing after they ate from the same bush as the fruit that would lead to the discovery of coffee.
There was a law in 15th century Turkey that gave a woman the right to divorce her husband if he failed to provide her with her daily quota of coffee.
In 1668, Edward Lloyd opened a coffeehouse in England. Most of its guests were merchants and maritime insurance agents. As time passed, this place became Lloyd’s of London, a world-renowned insurance company.
The “Kaffee-Kantate” was written in 1732 by Johann Sebastian Bach. Originally composed as an ode to coffee, it was also intended as a stab at a movement in Germany to prevent women from drinking coffee (they believed that it made them sterile).
In America, drinking coffee became a patriotic duty following the Boston Tea Party in 1773.
The name Cappuccino comes from the fact that the color of the drink is similar to the robes of the Capuchin monk’s order.
Each day, more than 2.25 billion cups of coffee are consumed worldwide.
The only commercially produced coffee in the US comes from Hawaii.
Caffeine is classified as a banned substance by the International Olympic Committee.
The famous composer Ludwig van Beethoven was a coffee lover and had specific instructions for preparing his coffee. Whenever he brewed his coffee, he always counted 60 beans per cup.

The average New Yorker drinks nearly 7 times more coffee than any other resident of any other American city.
It is estimated that the lethal dose of caffeine for humans is approximately 100 cups of coffee.
Coffee is actually a fruit (the seeds of a fruit are used to make it)!
In 1785, coffee was only available to nobility, clergy and high officials in Prussia which led to a revolt.
In 1991, the University of Cambridge invented the first webcam. It was used to monitor how much coffee was left in the pot, which helped people in other parts of the building avoid unnecessary trips to the coffee room if there was no coffee available.
First time in the history of Britain, expenditures on coffee overtook expenditures on tea in 1998.
Frederic the Great of Prussia (1712-1786) consumed coffee made with Champagne as a relaxing drink.
The coffee plant produces caffeine that is used to attract bees as pollinators, while slugs and other pests are poisoned by it.
A Brazilian postage stamp featuring coffee was issued in December 2001 to promote the country’s coffee. It is designed so that its smell will last between 3 and 5 years.
An old saying says that a mixture of coffee grounds and sugar fed to a potted plant regularly will revive it if the plant has turned yellow during winter.

Instant coffee, as we know it today, was created so that Brazil could keep its surplus of coffee for longer periods of time.
Drinking coffee reduces the risk of contracting deadly diseases. Researchers have found that patients with higher levels of caffeine in their blood are less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease. Coffee was also found to reduce the risk of Type 2 diabetes and to protect women against skin cancer.
The compounds in coffee, caffeine, diterpenes, and antioxidants, make it unique in flavor as well as physiologically beneficial. By adding a cup of coffee to your post-workout routine, you will reduce muscle pain by 48%.
The caffeine content of dark roast coffee is lower than that of light roast coffee. In spite of the fact that dark roasts taste better, light roasts are caffeine-richer since the roasting process burns off more of it.
The introduction of coffee to America dates back to mid-1600s. New Amsterdam (modern day New York) was the first place to introduce coffee.
Decaf coffee contains 2 – 12 milligrams of caffeine in an 8-ounce cup. Despite the significantly reduced amount of caffeine, decaffeinated beverages still contain caffeine.
The consumption of coffee may reduce the risk of suicide and depression. According to one study, women who drank four cups of coffee each day had a 20% decreased risk of developing depression.
Your coffee will cool slower if you add cream to it. The fact is, cream cools about 20% slower than black coffee so you can keep the coffee warm a little bit longer when you add it to your coffee.
You consume more fiber when you drink coffee. A cup of coffee provides approximately 1.5 grams of fiber to your daily diet.
At least five attempts have been made to ban coffee in the world (that we know of).