- 50% of Americans admit to drinking coffee daily. 30% of other Americans admit to drinking coffee occasionally. The other 20% don't live in reality.
- There are 24 steps in producing the cup of coffee you drink in the morning
- People have been drinking coffee for 700 years. However, what historians know about coffee dates back 1000 years!
- At one point it was illegal to drink coffee. The punishment for disobeying? Being put into a leather bag and then thrown into the sea! YIKES!
- In 1600 the Pope blessed coffee making it an acceptable Christian beverage. This caused coffee to spread wildly throughout Italy.
- Coffee is the 2nd most traded commodity in the world. The first? Oil.
- Want to stay fit? A black cup of coffee (no milk, no sugar) contains ZERO calories.
- Coffee studies have shown positive results in the improvement of women's mental health and memory.
- You thought Espresso had the most caffeine, didn't you? It actually only has 1/3 the amount of a regular cup of coffee.
- Goats discovered the coffee plant.