Coffee Facts from all over the World

Coffee is the most popular drink worldwide with over 500 billion cups consumed each year.

It takes 42 coffee beans to make an espresso.

Espresso contains less caffeine than any other roast.

Cappuccino is so named because of the drink's peak of foam, which resembles the cowl of a Capuchin friar's habit.

Robusta Coffee has twice caffeine in it than Arabica.

An ordinary cup of coffee contains about 150 milligrams of caffeine - a "therapeutic dose".

On average, men drink more coffee than women.

37% of coffee drinkers drink their coffee black; the others add sugar.

57% of coffee is drunk at breakfast; 34% between meals and 13% at other meals.

Almost half of all American adults drink a cup of coffee to start their day.

80% of Americans consume caffeine on a daily basis and even though it is a drug, it has never been proven harmful by any health or medical organization.

It is estimated that more than 100 million Americans drink a total of 350 million cups of coffee a day.

The USA imports 2.5 million pounds coffee, representing 1/3 of all coffee exported.

Coffee represents three-quarters of all the caffeine consumed in the USA.

To drink coffee in the USA was an expression of freedom, as there was a heavy tax on tea.

The first European coffee was sold in pharmacies in 1615 as a medical remedy.

Drinking coffee in Italy is considered a separate event and is given its own time.

In Turkey, the oldest person is almost always served their coffee first.

In the ancient Arab world, coffee became such a staple part of family life that one of the causes allowed by law for marital separation was a husband's refusal to produce coffee for his wife.

To reduce wrinkles and improving their skin, the Japanese have been known to bathe in coffee grounds fermented with pineapple pulp.

Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.

Bach wrote a coffee cantata in 1732.

Over 25 million people are employed in the coffee industry.

After brewing, espresso coffee contains 2.5% fat and filter coffee contains 0.6% fat.

Coffee grows in more than 50 countries.