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There are all kinds of legends about coffee addicts, perhaps the most famous being Balzac, who said he drank tens of thousands of cups of coffee when he wrote "Human Comedy," which adds up to 50 cups a day. There is a saying that if a person drinks 80-100 cups of coffee in a row, it will be fatal. I hope no one will try it in person.

In short, drink more and look less at your physique.

1. Bach once wrote a musical skit about the coffee boom.

If I don't drink coffee in the morning, I'm like a dry roast mutton.

The famous baroque musician Bach is a coffee addict. He once wrote a musical skit called Coffee Cantata in 1732. At that time, drinking coffee became popular in Vienna, but the price was not cheap, so drinking coffee was demonized into a bad habit to some extent, and families of ordinary citizens restricted their young people from drinking coffee. This short play was inspired by Bach.

two。 Beethoven needs 60 beans for each cup of coffee.

Would you like some coffee before you go?

Beethoven, who is known for his temperamental temper, once asked the above question sarcastically after a quarrel with a friend. Beethoven uses 60 beans for each cup of coffee, according to his biographer.

3. Benjamin Franklin likes to go to cafes.

I love the honest souls I met in London cafes.

When he lived in London, Benjamin Frank was a freelancer who used to hang out in a coffee shop, where he talked about politics, played chess, or just stayed and listened to music. He also advises people not to forget to bring their coffee reserves when traveling by boat, because they are afraid that there will not be enough on board.

4. It is said that Voltaire used to drink 40-50 cups of coffee a day

If coffee is poison, it is chronic.

Voltaire, a famous writer, is probably the most famous coffee addict in history. It is said that he once drank 40-50 cups of coffee a day, even if it was a mixture of coffee and chocolate. Although his doctor had warned him that one day coffee would kill him, Voltaire lived to be in his eighties.

5. Kierkegaard uses a huge spoon to put sugar in his coffee, with a dose of about 30 cubes at a time.

A coffee cup by Kierkegaard

Anyway, I cherish coffee.

Kierkegaard, a Danish philosopher, is very fond of sugar in his coffee. every time he puts a lot of sugar in the quilt, and then pours the black coffee and stirs it. According to his secretary, Israel Levin, Kierkegaard has 50 coffee cups, each of which is not the same, and he chooses one every time he drinks coffee and gives a reasonable philosophical explanation of his choice.

6. Teddy Roosevelt drank a gallon of coffee every day.

The 26th president of the United States drank a lot of coffee every day (1 gallon = 3.78 liters). According to his son, Roosevelt's coffee cup looked almost as big as a bathtub.

7. Frank Baum drinks 4-5 cups of coffee every morning.

The author of the Adventures of OZ relies heavily on coffee to inspire his creation every morning.

8. Margaret Atwood has her own coffee brand.

Canadian poets gave their name to Balzac Coffee, and their coffee brand Bird Friendly aims to raise money for the Bird Observatory on Pelee Island, Canada. Atwood drinks coffee, cream or cream for breakfast every day, and she occasionally drinks espresso.

9. David Lynch used to drink at least 20 cups of coffee a day

Even bad coffee is better than no coffee.

David Lynch often shows his love for coffee in his films. He used to drink at least 20 cups a day, and a friend told him that you like coffee so much, why not start your own brand? David Lynch found a company and naturally set up his own coffee brand. This brand is called "David Lynch Signature Cup Coffee".

10. William Harvey-- "Love when you die" for coffee

In the 17th century, William Harvey, a famous British doctor who discovered the principle of blood circulation, asked his lawyer to bring him a coffee bean on his deathbed. After looking at it for a long time, he said, "I didn't expect that this small coffee bean is the source of happiness and value."

After that, he asked his lawyer to make a will for him to donate to the London University of surgery, an amount equal to the amount he spent on coffee all his life. He also asked a lawyer to tell the recipient to drink coffee in memory of him in the morning of his monthly sacrifice.

11. Van Gogh described the Night Cafe as "a place of madness, destruction and crime."

The painter Van Gogh described the night cafe as "a place of madness, destruction and crime." maybe that's why Van Gogh finally smashed the cup of vermouth at Gauguin, and Gauguin never visited the cafe again. Half a month later, Van Gogh also left the cafe.

Finally, Van Gogh cut off one of his ears and finally finished his portrait. After leaving a will to his guardian brother, he committed suicide. He wrote in his will: "I believe that after my death, I will hold an exhibition of my paintings in a cafe." In 1996, 106 years after his death, a two-month exhibition of Van Gogh paintings was held at the Ravu Cafe where he committed suicide.