57% of all coffee is consumed at breakfast.

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Brazil & Colombia grow more than 70% of the worlds supply of Arabica coffee beans.

After planting, Arabica trees mature in 3-4 years, when they produce their first crop.

Arabica trees can produce fruit for 20-30 years.

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37% of coffee drinkers drink their coffee black.

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You can use coffee or tea to tenderize meat, flavor liquor, and color eggs (to make them look roasted or marbled).

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Our knowledge of coffee is about 1,000 years old.

The use of coffee as a beverage is about 700 years old.

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A Saudi Arabian woman may divorce her husband if he refuses to give her coffee.

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According to Dr. Bruce Ames, University of California at Berkeley, there are more than 1,000 chemicals in a cup of coffee. Of these, only 26 have been tested, and half caused cancer in rats.

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[rant]Of course, when you inject a rat with half it's body wieght of any substance it will likely cause cancer... sorry, I just do not put a lot of credibility in many studies that are done.[/rant]

Goats actually discovered the coffee plant. Their shepherd noticed that they were getting very hyper; therefore, one day, he followed their every move, and found out that they were eating a strange berry that was keeping them awake all day and night.

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Around the year 1000 AD, Ethiopians concocted a type of wine from coffee berries, fermenting the dried beans in water.

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Coffee is actually a fruit.

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The average American adult consumes over 10 lbs. of coffee per year.

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Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in parts of Africa.

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On a typical day in the U.S. approximately 49% of the population drinks coffee.

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The faster the brewing method, the finer you should grind your coffee beans.

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Pope Clement VIII was the first to baptize coffee and make it a true Christian beverage.

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Add one-quarter to one-half teaspoon of instant coffee to spaghetti sauce. Coffee gives store-bought spaghetti sauce brown coloring and a less acidic flavor.

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Caffeine is the most widely used stimulant in the world.

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In Turkey, in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, anyone caught drinking coffee was put to death.

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Green coffee beans nearly double in size during roasting.

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Finely grinding coffee beans and boiling them in water is still known as "Turkish Coffee."

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75% of all the caffeine consumed in the U.S. is coffee.

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well... I am out of coffee facts (and have an empty coffee cup)... so that will be all for now :)

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