The USA is the world's largest consumer of coffee, importing 16 to 20 million bags annually (2.5 million pounds), representing 1/3 of all coffee exported. More than half of the United States population consumes coffee, typically drinking 3.4 cups of coffee a day.
The first European coffee was sold in pharmacies in 1615 as a medical remedy.
The percolator was invented in 1827 by a French man. It would boil the coffee producing a bitter tasting brew. Today most people use the drip or filtered method to brew their coffee.
With the exception of Hawaii and Puerto Rico, no coffee is grown in the United States or its territories.
Coffee is the second-most traded commodity in the world economy, after oil
Coffee comes from the fruit of an evergreen shrub, or tree, which flourishes in tropical and subtropical regions around the world. The trees produce delicate clusters of jasmine-scented blossoms and fruit known as cherries. Cocooned in each cherry, protected by pulp and parchment are two coffee beans. Approximately four thousand beans are needed to produce one pound of roasted coffee.
At least 75% of people over the age of 65 say they are "morning" people, according to researchers at the University of Arizona. But their research shows that a cup of java—don't hold the caffeine—may be able to turn you into an afternoon, person too.
The word coffee was originally Arabic and means "excitement." |
