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.

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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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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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