14 Interesting Facts You Probably Didn’t Know About Coffee
by Foodie Editor • November 16, 2013 • Health 1- Legend has it a 9th-century Ethiopian goat herder discovered coffee by accident when he noticed how crazy the beans were making his goats 2- Coffee beans grow on a bush 3- Coffee is the second most traded commodity on earth 4- The name cappuccino comes from the resemblance of the drink to the clothing of the Capuchin monks. 5- Espresso literally means when something is forced out, and it is regulated by the Italian government because it is considered an essential part of their daily life 6- Coffee is a psychoactive and at high doses it can make you see things, or even kill you (The lethal dose of caffeine is roughly 100 cups of coffee) 7- Coffee was the first food to be freeze dried 8- Coffee beans are actually the pit of a berry, which makes them a fruit 9- 40% of the world’s coffee is produced by Colombia and Brazil 10- Kopi Luwak, the world’s most expensive coffee (up to $600 per pound) is made from coffee beans eaten and then excreted by a Sumatran wild cat (Common palm civet), a weasel-like animal. 11- Most coffees are a blend of Arabica and Robusta beans 12- An ibrik is a long handled copper pot for making Turkish coffee 13- Arabica varieties such as Java and Mocha are named after their ports of origin 14- Sixteenth-century Muslim rulers banned coffee because of its unusual stimulating effects |
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