One of the most popular beverage in North America is a hot cup of coffee. Know many Americans consume these beverages every day, and so little about the history of coffee, or even how it is produced. The following 20 facts, which is known very well to the dark, will give you a little insight into this morning, we love to consume any beverage - coffee:
1) Coffee is a hot drink brewed from the roasted seeds of the> Coffee plant.
2) The seeds from the fruit of coffee plants, harvested as coffee cherries.
3) These seeds are harvested twice a year, once from the south of the Equator, from April to May and the second time from the north of the equator, from September to March.
4) Once ripe, coffee berries are picked and extracted the seeds. The seeds, which are known as green coffee beans are then roasted, whereit twice and then turn to the dark chocolate brown color to form the well-known coffee bean.
5) roasting begins when the temperature inside the seed reached 200 ° C
6) After the roasted coffee beans are sorted into categories and as light, medium light, medium, medium dark, very dark or very marked.
7) Dark Roast softer in taste, because they have less fiber content and more sugar. Lighter roasts can taste and more caffeinebitter.
8) Decaffeinated coffee is produced when the coffee seeds are still green by soaking the seeds in hot water or steam and then solve them using a solvent to the caffeine containing oils.
9) Most of the decaf coffee is decaffeinated only 97 to 99%.
10) coffee is reported that in Ethiopia in the 9th Century have arisen, although the first credible evidence for drinks with coffee is boiled inYemen in the mid-15th Century.
11) The coffee was used in Muslim countries as an alternative to wine in religious ceremonies. As a result, many Christian nations originally banned, the Muslim 'drinks.
12) Coffee was more common after Pope Clement VIII gave it a Christian beverage in 1600 was adopted.
13) Although there today as the national alcoholic beverage, coffee in Ethiopia was a Christian of the Orthodox Church was banned until 1889th
14) Today, coffee is sold in over 50 countries.
15) Brazil is the top exporter of coffee, followed by Vietnam.
16) Since 2006, green coffee, the second most traded commodity in the world, right behind petroleum.
17) On average, total coffee intake is about one third of the water in North America.
18 It) takes about 140 liters of water to grow the coffee beans for a necessary> Cup of coffee.
19) The concept of fair trade coffee has been in the Netherlands by the Max Havelaar Foundation developed.
20) According to a study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, coffee contains more antioxidants than typical servings of grape juice, blueberries, raspberries and oranges.
Whether you brew it from home, purchased or chop your morning cup of coffee from the local coffee, the next timeTake a sip of one of North America's most popular drinks take a minute to reflect on the 1200 years of history and the process that it takes to get the coffee to his lips grateful. That morning cup of coffee can only be that much more fun if you do.