10 interesting facts about coffee
Official statistics reads: 2 billion cups of coffee drink daily in the world. And what do we know about this popular and tasty drink?
Official statistics reads: 2 billion cups of coffee drink daily in the world. Most of all it is consumed in Finland. Approximately five cups per day per adult. Want to know more entertaining facts about coffee? Read our today's material.
Surprisingly, but in fact, coffee beans are seeds of a tropical fruit. It is called coffee cherries. Each such cherry contains two bones-seeds.
As the legend says, the coffee berries first tasted the goats. It happened in the ninth century of our era in the Middle East. An observational shepherd by name Caldium noticed that after such a meal, animals were animated and could not sleep all night.
Lucky note. A cup of unsweetened black coffee contains 0 calories.
Coffee prolongs youth. Only one cup of this drink contains 300 antioxidants.
Coffee grows exclusively in hot, tropical countries located in the so-called grain belt. From the northern tropic of cancer to the tropic Capricorn in the south. And from Mexico in the West and to Papua New Guinea in the East. The largest exporting countries: Brazil, Colombia, Ethiopia, Vietnam.
Despite the progress and the development of coffee technology is still collecting manually. Experienced collectors are collected on the day of seven 100 kilogram baskets. They pay for such hard work not much. Approximately $ 10 per basket. However, after grain extracted from the berries, then they dried them and roasted, the price of the basket increases ten times.
The first coffee shops began to open in the Middle East in Yemen. They quickly gained popularity among the local population. They could not only enjoy a pleasant, toning drink, but also listen to music, play chess, exchange the latest news.
In the modern world of coffee - the best selling goods. Well, after oil, of course.
Oddly enough, coffee lovers are much less frequently visited the office of the dentist. The fact is that the substances contained in the coffee drink prevent the sedimentation of bacteria on dental enamel.
All the favorite Coffee "American" was born quite recently, during the Second World War. And all thanks to American soldiers. For them, European coffee was too strong, and they asked the waiters to dilute it with water.
