Some Caffeine Crazed Info ...
- Coffee is the second largest commodity in world trade.
- The human body will absorb 300mg of caffeine. Additional amounts are excreted and provide no stimulation.
- Coffee is the most popular drink in the world at over 400 billion cups each year.
- Swedish people drink more coffee than any other nation. Average 11 cups a day.
- On average, a coffee tree produces 1-2 lbs of coffee beans per year.
- 2.4 billion pounds of coffee are sold per year in the United States.
- One pound of coffee represents 4000 handpicked beans.
- The first Parisian cafe opened in 1689 to serve coffee.
- In the year 1763 there were over 200 coffee shops in Venice.
- Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in parts of Africa.
- The Japanese have been known to bathe in coffee grounds fermented with pineapple pulp, for educing wrinkles and improving their skin.
- Coffee sacks are usually made of hemp and it takes over 600,000 beans to fill a coffee sack.
- The famous writer and philosopher Voltaire used to consume 50 cups of coffee a day.
On the table in front of you it may appear innocuous, but coffee has been responsible for a lot of social upheaval. It was banned for years in Europe for causing the aristocrats and political yes-men much grief. Why exactly was it banned? Because of its ability to make people think. Challenge the status quo. Spark ideas of political revolt. And none of this was happening in the bars. In the bars they were getting drunk on absinthe and playing silly buggers, while in the coffee houses they were getting fired up, wired, plotting, scheming, ready for action!
