Mmmmm....Coffe
The smell, the sound, the taste, the look, the feeling. These are the simple joys we find in coffe. The fulfillment and warmth we receive with every cup, makes us feel energetic, ready and focused.More than 50 percent of Americans drink cofee everyday — three to four cups each. That’s about 330 million cups.
Coffe has a natural addiction, Some people cant function until they have a hot cup of joe in hand. Coffe is best known for its anioxitants, bitter taste and its company. You can find many variety of people that can enjoy different ways of prepared coffe. Wethers it’s a Café mocha, macchiato, frappuccino, cortado, cappuccino, café Americano, Afforgato, liqueur coffe or instant coffe your sure to find something you like. Coffe has been used to bring people together since the 9th century. One cup of coffeewas passed around to share with a room full of people.
History of Coffe
Coffe started in Ethiopia around the ninth century and by the 15th Century spread to Persia, Arabia and North America. Coffe was founded when a goat herder noticed that his goats were very lively after eating the coffe berries. Did you know that Cofee beans come from a coffe berry? Cofee beans were first roasted and brewed, similar to how it is done today, in Arabia. One of the first descriptions of coffe was by Leonhard Rauwolf, who said
“A beverage as black as ink, useful against numerous illnesses, particularly those of the stomach. Its consumers take it in the morning, quite frankly, in a porcelain cup that is passed around and from which each one drinks a cupful. It is composed of water and the fruit from a bush called bunnu.”
Coffe & Health
There have been numerous studies to show that coffe may reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, heart disease, diabetes mellitus type 2, cirrhosis of the liver and gout.
It seems that the antioxidants in the coffe prevent free radicals from causing cell damage.
A study has also been done to show that, by drinking about 2 cups of coffe a day, it can even reduce your post-workout muscle pain by up to half!
Coffe Fun Facts
* Coffee ingestion on average is about a third of that of tap water in North America and Europe
* Starbucks coffe Company is the leading retailer, roaster and brand of specialty coffe in the world.
* Did you know... that coffee has many different varieties, more than 60!
And did you know... that coffee is the second most actively traded commodity, right after oil.
* The word Coffe was once a word used for wine.