Here’s 10 fun coffee facts you probably never knew!
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Cappuccinos take their name from the Capuchin monks!
The colour of the drink was similar to the robes worn by Capuchin friars which were founded in Italy.
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Freeze drying dates back in its earliest form to Incan times in the 15th century by storing their crops on top of mountains. The sub-zero temperatures would freeze their food and vaporize the water inside due to low air pressure.
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The French Press, Cafetiere, or Coffee Plunger are a few of its many names, but its origins were argued whether it was a French or Italian invention. Although patents were put through in France first, it’s still mostly undecided who created the coffee apparatus.
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Well you might not when you hear how it’s made! Cowboys would often use a pot of boiling water over a camp stove and socks to filter their coffee whether it was beans or ground. Let’s hope it was a clean sock!
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Coffee plants take 3-5 years to grow to maturity to produce berries, but the plants themselves can last up to 100 years.
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Coffee is the 2nd most traded commodity on Earth, with Oil being number 1! The world’s largest transfer point for coffee is the port of Hamburg, in Germany
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Coffee has been banned quite a few times throughout history, including by Ottoman Leader Murad IV. In 1623 he even introduced punishments for being caught drinking coffee, such as a beating or even being thrown into the sea!
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In 1932 the Brazilian team couldn’t afford to send it’s athletes to the Olympics, so they loaded their ship up with coffee and sold it along the way.
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There is a spa in Japan in which you can bathe in coffee and tea.
Just don’t drink it!
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Beethoven was a fussy one, he only drunk coffee with exactly 60 coffee beans per cup.
That’s a very specific cup of coffee!