Fact 1 - Our knowledge of coffee is about 1000 years old
Coffee was first mentioned in literature by Rhazes, an Arabian physician
Fact 2 - The espresso drink is only 100 years old
The term café-espress has been used since the 1880s, well before espresso machines existed. It means coffee made to order, expressly for the person ordering it. It also means coffee fresh in every sense of the word:
Ideally, all cafés and restaurants would serve even their regularly brewed coffee as espresso in this larger sense—freshly ground in press pots, neopolitans, vacuum brewers or table top pourovers. The aroma of good coffee is delicate and dissipates in a matter of minutes after grinding, whether it is brewed or not.
Fact 3 - Coffee grows in the wild in the Limu region of Ethiopia
Coffee legend tells of the discovery of the first coffee trees in Ethiopia. Indeed, it is not hard to believe that coffee originated in a land where wild coffee tree forests are still the primary source of harvested coffee.
Generally wet processed, coffee from Ethiopia comes from one of three main growing regions -- Sidamo, Harer or Kaffa -- and often bears one of those names. In the cup, an Ethiopian coffee tends to offer a remarkable and bold statement. It is full flavored, a bit down-to-earth and full bodied.
Fact 4 - Top grade Arabica coffee only yields 700kg to 1500kg per hectare
Fact 5 - The average coffee drinker consumes 4-6kg of roasted coffee p/yr
The average coffee drinker consumes 4-6kg of roasted coffee per annum; South Africans only consume 0.6kg per person per annum
Fact 6 - It takes five years for a coffee tree to reach maturity
It takes five years for a coffee tree to reach maturity. The average yield from one tree is the equivalent of 500g of roasted beans
Fact 7 - Coffee is the second most traded product in the world after petroleum
Coffee is the second most traded product in the world after petroleum
Fact 8 - Arabica beans contain half the caffeine of Robusta
Arabica beans contain half the caffeine of Robusta
Fact 9 - Coffee is the earth’s biggest drink
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