Do Koreans drink coffee more often than rice and drink two cups of coffee a day?

Coffee, a traditional Western drink, is as popular in South Korea as Christianity is in this East Asian country (about 30 percent of Koreans are Christian, and as high as 50 percent in Seoul), making it difficult for other countries to catch up. According to Yonhap news agency Seoul January 11, South Korea's Ministry of Health and Welfare and Disease Management Headquarters released on the 11th "2015 National Health Statistics Report" shows that South Korean adults drink coffee an average of 11.99 times a week, intake frequency is higher than eating rice (6.52 times) and miscellaneous rice (8.93 times), equivalent to an average of 1.7 cups of coffee a day. 88% of Koreans drink coffee every day.

Cafes can be seen everywhere on the streets of Korea

The survey was conducted among 3417 adults aged 19-64. Among the interviewees, 24.43% drank coffee more than 3 times a day, 66.06% drank coffee more than 1 time a day, and 12.0% did not drink coffee.

Coffee is known as the "national drink" in Korea. In fact, coffee has only been introduced to Korea for more than 100 years, but Koreans are obsessed with coffee beyond the imagination of foreigners. Coffee shops are not only places to sell coffee, but also a good place to learn about work, but also a place to make friends and establish contacts.

Coffee shops have become part of everyday life in South Korea.

According to historical records, coffee was introduced into Korea in the Korean era at the end of the 19th century. At that time, North Korea experienced the Yiwei Incident. In order to avoid the threat of Japan, Gao Zong hid in the German residence in South Korea and became the first Korean to drink coffee. Since then, Emperor Gaozong's love for coffee has been out of control.

But at this time, coffee is only a luxury that Korean upper class can enjoy, and ordinary people rarely see it.

In the 1950s, American occupation soldiers drank coffee, and Korean people looked forward to it. But for ordinary Koreans at that time, coffee was a foreign high-end drink that did not dare to climb high. In the 1970s, South Korea's economy began to develop rapidly, ushering in the so-called "Han River miracle." Coffee is no longer superior, it has become an affordable drink, and it has become a national fashion. It can even be said that at the level of daily life, drinking coffee became a symbol of "Korea getting rich" and "connecting with the international community" at that time.

In fact, over the years, our coffee consumption in China has also risen sharply. There are more and more cafes on the streets. Many people like the taste and taste of coffee. But what else is coffee good for?

Xiao Bian checked a little information, the benefits are still there, coffee can refresh the mind, accelerate metabolism. Coffee contains caffeine, which is similar to tea polyphenols and contains active ingredients such as antioxidants, which contribute to cardiovascular health. Drinking coffee after meals can accelerate the secretion of digestive juice and achieve the effect of digestion. However, for people who already have gastrointestinal diseases, drinking too much coffee is not only not good, but also exacerbates the disease.

It is best to drink coffee half an hour after a meal, not before meals. Drinking coffee before meals can affect the body's absorption of iron, calcium and other mineral elements, resulting in the loss of iron and calcium. Coffee is an exciting drink, excessive drinking may lead to insomnia, tension, stomach discomfort and so on. From a nutritional point of view, normal people drink one or two cups of coffee a day is enough, it is best not to drink at night.

In addition, it is best not to add sugar and other sugars in coffee, and it is best to add milk. Some coffee shops add more plant fat powder or creamer, long-term intake or harm cardiovascular health. Adding milk not only improves the taste, but also compensates for the loss of calcium.

Source from Dagong Network