Coffee users must know 25 common sense of coffee

1. According to legend, coffee was discovered by an Ethiopian shepherd named Khaldi in the 9th century. While herding the sheep, Khaldi found that the sleepy sheep looked very excited after eating the red fruit of an evergreen tree. Khaldi brought the fruit to a Muslim cleric who made the fruit from the coffee tree into a delicious drink.

2. Although coffee was discovered as early as the 9th century, it did not spread to countries such as Mocha and Yemen until the 12th century, and became a very popular drink.

3. In Yemen and Arab countries, coffee was initially used as a miracle medicine, taking it according to doctor's advice, and many people even use coffee as a tonic.

4. Coffee is called "Islamic wine" by Arabs.

Coffee is the second most traded commodity in the world. An average of 500 billion cups of coffee are consumed each year.

6. The world's first coffee shop was established in Constantinople in 1475.

The first coffee shop in England was established in 1652, but only women were banned from drinking coffee at that time. By 1675, there were 3000 coffee shops in England.

8. The Turks call the coffee shop "the school of the wise".

9. The Dutch were the first Europeans to start the coffee trade. They first imported coffee plants from India and then sold them to the Dutch East Indies, which is now the island of Indonesia.

10. After the coffee tree is planted, it takes 3 to 4 years for the coffee tree to bear mature fruit. Although the yield of a coffee tree is related to the year, on average, the coffee beans on a coffee tree can be ground into 1 jin of coffee powder.

11. Light-roasted coffee contains more caffeine than deep-roasted coffee, because caffeine in coffee beans continues to be roasted as the roasting time increases. The caffeine in coffee also depends on the type of coffee beans. Typically, a small cup of 250 milliliters of coffee contains 65 milligrams of caffeine.

12. in America, before the Stamp Duty Act of 1767, tea was more popular than coffee. Since the invasion of tea in Boston, coffee has replaced tea as the most popular drink in the United States.

13. Coffee trees are planted in 70 countries around the world, mainly in Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia and Latin America. Brazil is the world's largest producer of coffee, with about 4 billion coffee trees, accounting for 1% of the world's coffee production, followed by Vietnam, Indonesia, Colombia and India.

14. studies have shown that drinking coffee can slow symptoms such as cognitive decline and neurological decline, and reduce the risk of diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, heart disease, diabetes and liver cirrhosis.

15. Men drinking coffee every day can reduce the risk of prostate cancer. However, pregnant women should drink the right amount of coffee, no more than 200 milligrams a day.

Coffee contains antioxidants that can prevent free radicals from damaging human cells. Studies have shown that coffee is more antioxidant than grape juice, blueberries, raspberries and oranges.

17. The health effect of coffee depends largely on how it is made. For example, when making coffee, you can filter out a substance in coffee that is prone to coronary heart disease if you use a paper filter, but not if you use a metal filter.

There are 25 million people working in the coffee industry around the world.

19. In North America, about 1 stroke 3% of drinking water is used to make coffee.

20. The survey shows that about 80% of Americans start their day with a cup of coffee. The United States is the world's largest consumer of coffee, consuming an average of 450 million cups a day, or about 150 billion cups a year.

France and Germany are the second and third largest consumers of coffee in the world. The United States, France and Germany consume 65% of the world's coffee.

22. The most expensive coffee in the world is Indonesia's Kopi Luwak coffee and Civet Coffee coffee, which are made from beans eaten by civet coffee and partially digested and excreted. This kind of coffee beans is about 600 US dollars per jin, and about 50 US dollars per cup.

23. In the United States, September 29 is Coffee Day in the United States, September 19 in Ireland and October 1 in Japan.

Starbucks was founded in Seattle in 1971. In 2010, it had turnover of US $10.7 billion and had 16850 stores in 40 countries. As a result, Starbucks is the world's top coffee retailer.

Starbucks Coffee consumes 360 million litres of milk a year and can fill 360 million Olympic swimming pools. In addition, Starbucks consumes 2.3 billion paper cups a year.