Don't say you know coffee, do you know these 18 things about coffee?

Coffee is one of the three biggest drinks in the world and is very popular. But people don't know so much about it. To this end, the author wrote 18 honey words to add flavor to your cup of coffee in the morning. Read further and you will see information about the origin of the coffee, the amount of water needed to harvest a pound, and some information about the Kopi Luwak.

1. Rumor has it that the shepherd found coffee.

The most widely accepted theory is that an Ethiopian shepherd named Kaldi became extremely excited when he discovered that his sheep had eaten ripe coffee beans.

two。 Coffee trees can live as long as 200 years.

There is a lovely little bean on the top of the newly germinated coffee, and then it will grow into a bush and can live for two centuries.

3. The English word Mocha and the Yemeni port Muha are the same word

Muha is the first port to transport coffee beans to all parts of the world. It is said that Yemeni beans have chocolate flavor elements in them, so many chocolate-flavored drinks now use the word mocha.

4. There are two types of coffee beans: Arabica and canephora (Robusta)

Canephora coffee trees are more productive, disease-resistant and contain more caffeine. Arabica coffee beans contain 50% more oil and nearly twice as much sugar, which gives it higher acidity and more complex aromatic elements.

The price of Canephora coffee beans is relatively low, while Arabica coffee beans are more distinctive. Both of them have their corresponding subspecies. Arabica beans are divided into bourbon and typica. Robusta, a subspecies of canephora, is labeled Robusta in most coffee processing plants because of its widespread existence. The word canephora generally appears only in scientific research materials or books.

5. Coffee trees need an astonishing amount of irrigation water.

People often talk about how wasteful it is to produce beef. According to FoodBev.com, it takes 1800 gallons of water to produce a pound of beef, but it takes 2500 gallons to produce a pound of coffee.

6. Coffee beans come in different colors.

They are green at first, but as they mature, they will turn yellow, orange or red depending on the variety.

7. There are thousands of precious coffee trees in Ethiopia alone.

Most of the coffee we drink is mixed beans, which contain different kinds. In fact, thousands of coffee trees that have not yet been planted are hidden in the forests of Ethiopia alone.

8. The coffee bean processing factory needs to buy enough goods for the whole year at a time.

The average coffee-growing country harvests only one season a year (there are also two seasons), so coffee processing plants buy goods all year round at a time, and they use special storage techniques to keep the beans fresh. Although raw coffee beans are stored in the warehouse for a period of time, roasted cooked beans are usually issued on the same day.

9. The coffee beans found in cat pull's feces are expensive.

Civets like to eat coffee fruits in the wild, and coffee beans ferment in their digestive tract and are eventually excreted completely. It is said that this process gives coffee beans a special aroma, but the beans are extremely expensive because of their limited production. If this is not rare enough for you, there are similar coffee beans in Thailand, but it is not a cat but an elephant, and its name is black ivory coffee.

10. The United States is the world's largest consumer of coffee.

The second is Germany.