Coffee Facts!

Hey guys! I was daydreaming one day at one of my favorite cafes when I wondered if coffee contained any special or extraordinary facts t...



Hey guys! I was daydreaming one day at one of my favorite cafes when I wondered if coffee contained any special or extraordinary facts that not many people know. Guess what? It does! So, here are seven facts on coffee that you may not know.





1. Dancing Goats

  • Legend has it that Ethiopian shepherds first discovered the caffeine effects when they witnessed their goats becoming friskier after eating coffee berries.


2. Coffee was eaten!

  • African tribes mixed coffee berries with fat to create energy balls.


3. Rise of Islam

  • Islam prohibited alcohol so they drank coffee instead and helped it gain popularity.

4. Bean Belt

  • All coffee in the world is grown in the areas between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn.

5. Banned coffee in 1675

  • The King of England banned coffee houses, claiming that they were locations where people converse on how to conspire against him.

6. 70% - 30%

  • 70% of the world drinks Arabian coffee, while 30% drinks Robusta.
  • Robusta is more bitter but has more caffeine.

7. Instant Coffee!

  • In 1906, George Washington, a Belgian man in Guatemala invented the instant coffee.



So, there you go guys! Hope you find them as interesting as I did when I stumbled upon them. 



Until next time! See ya!





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