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10 Things you never knew about coffee
Mar. 8th, 2005 03:20 pmHubby just gave me a paper clipping with these fascinating coffee facts... comments in brackets are my own remarks.
1 - The most expensive coffee is Kopi Luwak, from Sumatra, made from beans eaten and excreted by a civet cat. It costs around £500 a kilogram. (And who would want to drink that anyway?!)
2 - Research has shown that people who drink coffee are less likely to commit suicide than people who don't.
3 - The coffee filter was invented in 1908 by a German housewife, Melitta Benz, when she lined a tin cup with blotting paper to filter the coffee grinds.
4 - A 100g jar of roast ground coffee costs £1.30, yet an Ethiopian coffee farmer gets 7p for the beans. (That is SO wrong)
5 - In the 16th Century, turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his familt's pot filled with coffee. (*Snickers* I love that...)
6 - Last month German police were mystified when thieves broke into a car showroom and stole the coffee machine. "The coffee machine was a pretty good one," police said, "but not worth as much as a new car."
7 - McHenry County College in Crystal Lake, Illinois, offers a course on coffee.
8 - Britain's three favourite smells are fresh bread, fried bacon and coffee.
9 - Research shows that people spend most on coffee in restaurants where classical music is being played.
10 - Finns drink more coffee that any other nation.
1 - The most expensive coffee is Kopi Luwak, from Sumatra, made from beans eaten and excreted by a civet cat. It costs around £500 a kilogram. (And who would want to drink that anyway?!)
2 - Research has shown that people who drink coffee are less likely to commit suicide than people who don't.
3 - The coffee filter was invented in 1908 by a German housewife, Melitta Benz, when she lined a tin cup with blotting paper to filter the coffee grinds.
4 - A 100g jar of roast ground coffee costs £1.30, yet an Ethiopian coffee farmer gets 7p for the beans. (That is SO wrong)
5 - In the 16th Century, turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his familt's pot filled with coffee. (*Snickers* I love that...)
6 - Last month German police were mystified when thieves broke into a car showroom and stole the coffee machine. "The coffee machine was a pretty good one," police said, "but not worth as much as a new car."
7 - McHenry County College in Crystal Lake, Illinois, offers a course on coffee.
8 - Britain's three favourite smells are fresh bread, fried bacon and coffee.
9 - Research shows that people spend most on coffee in restaurants where classical music is being played.
10 - Finns drink more coffee that any other nation.
