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I've got some time to kill... so whilst having a nice cup of Java here are some facts about coffe (again, I pulled these from the web... so they might not all be factual facts (how's that for redundancy twice?)).
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A cup of drip brewed coffee has 115 mg of caffeine, an espresso has about 80 mg, instant coffee has about 65 mg, and decaffeinated coffee has about 3 mg.
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The word "tip" is also related to coffee. It comes from old London coffeehouses where the waiters' brass boxes were etched with the inscription, "To Insure Promptness."
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The US Navy used to serve alcoholic beverages on board ships. However when Admiral Josephus "Joe" Daniels became Chief of Naval Operations, he outlawed alcohol on board ships, except for very special occasions. Coffee then became the drink of choice, hence the term "Cup of Joe".
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The world's costliest coffee, at $130-$300 a pound , is called Kopi Luwak. It is in the droppings of a type of marsupial that eats only the very best coffee beans. Plantation workers track them and scoop their precious poop.
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A Starbucks tall mocha contains 510 calories and 27 g. of fat. That is more fat than 3 bags of M&Ms. Even the soy milk version has 290 calories and 12 grams of fat.
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Sprinkle dried coffee grounds outside doors and cracks. Coffee deters ants.
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The first European coffee was sold in pharmacies in 1615 as a medicinal remedy.
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Coffee and tea are great cleaning agents. Just a teaspoon or so of coffee or tea mixed with water can be used to dissolve grease and oil. Don't try this on anything you don't want stained, though.
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Coffee plants grown in the shade can produce bean crops for up to 50 years, while sun grown coffee plants produce crops for only 10 to 15 years.
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If you lined up side by side every cup of coffee sold by Dunkin' Donuts in one day, the line would stretch 85.23 miles.
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Individuals who drink coffee regularly may have less response to the effects of caffeine than those who seldom drink coffee.
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According to Archives of General Medicine, coffee drinkers have sex more frequently and enjoy it more than non-coffee drinkers.
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Originally, coffee beans were used as a food and not as a beverage. East African tribes would grind the coffee cherries together, mix it into a paste with animal fat, then roll it into little balls. The mixture was said to give warriors much-needed energy for battle.
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Finland consumes the most coffee per capita at 12.82 kg.
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How much do you NEED that cup of coffee? In 1683 William Penn spent $4.68 on a pound of coffee in New York. (That amount translates to $108.11 in 2001!)
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With more than 25 million people employed in the industry, coffee is second only to oil in world trade.
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According to the National Safety Council, coffee is not successful at sobering up a drunk person, and in many cases it may actually increase the adverse effects of alcohol.
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The darker the coffee bean, then the less caffeine. The longer the bean is roasted, the more the caffeine gets cooked away.
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Did you know that on average, a coffee tree produces 1-2 lbs. of coffee beans per year?
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2.4 billion pounds of coffee are sold per year in the United States.
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In plants, caffeine acts as a natural bug repellent.
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The vast majority of coffee is harvested by hand.
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Caffeine increases the power of aspirin and other painkillers, that is why it is found in some medicines.
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The heavy tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773, which caused the "Boston Tea Party," resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. Drinking coffee was an expression of freedom.
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A survey of Americans showed that coffee was the most memorable smell followed by peanut butter and Vick's Vaporub.
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Average costs to consume beverages in the home: coffee $0.05, milk $0.16, bottled water $0.25, orange juice $0.79, beer $0.44, soft drinks $0.13, table wines $1.30.
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Regular coffee drinkers have about 1/3 less asthma symptoms than those of non-coffee drinkers according to a Harvard researcher who studied 20,000 people.
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Cafes/coffee houses were originally (since the 1900s) known as "Penny Universities," providing real education and promoting Enlightenment ideals.
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Caffeine, the chemical substance that causes the stimulant effect of coffee, peaks in the blood 15 - 45 minutes after drinking a cup.
The effects of the caffeine may persist for hours. The clearance of caffeine from the body is slowed by pregnancy, medications such as cimetidine (Tagamet), birth control pills, and is sped up by smoking. --8433-- |
The name coffee comes from the Arabic word qahwah, meaning wine, and not from the town of Kaffa, in Ethiopia (Abyssinia), as many writers have supposed.
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Coffee was first mentioned in literature by Rhazes, an Arabian physician.
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The first Parisian cafe opened in 1689.
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In the year 1763 there were over 200 coffee shops in Venice.
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For reducing wrinkles and improving their skin, the Japanese have been known to bathe in coffee grounds fermented with pineapple pulp.
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Coffee sacks are usually made of hemp and it takes over 600,000 beans to fill a coffee sack.
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