All About Coffee

Coffee is one the best drinks in the world. It is considered excellent by many people all around the world. Most of these people cannot survive for even a day without a cup of coffee. With the number of innovations that keep coming out in this respect there seems to be no let up to this trend. Even when it was first discovered, it was considered an excellent drink all around the world.

People who have studied the origins of coffee claim that it was first consumed somewhere in Africa. The story says that there was a goatherd who saw his goats start acting frisky after eating some berries. When he himself consumed the berries he found himself having a whole new amount of energy. Without fail, the word spread far and wide and before anyone knew it, coffee beans were being cultivated in the Arabian Peninsula. In Europe, coffee was first introduced in the 1600’s and Brazil, a place where most of today’s coffee is grown, only came to know of it in the 1700’s. In 1901, instant coffee was invented. In 1903 they saw decaffeinating coffee and freeze dried coffee was introduced in 1938. In today’s world, coffee is the second largest selling commodity and is beaten only by petroleum.

An average person drinks close to ten pounds of coffee every year and nearly half of the people in the United States choose to drink this beverage. On a world scale, the yearly consumption of coffee is over four hundred billion cups. Around half of this consumption occurs during breakfast time and around 35% of the people prefer drinking it without milk.

Almost 67% of the world’s coffee comes from Brazil and Columbia where most of it is handpicked. They say that the seed of a coffee berry or green coffee can last for up to 2 years when it is not roasted. But, after it is roasted, it’s life span starts falling rapidly and that is why it is said that coffee tastes the best when it is consumed right after it is roasted. Many people believe that by refrigerating coffee can help preserve it but this is not true and the coffee might even start tasting funny as it absorbs flavors quite readily from the foods in the fridge. There are many flavors in which coffee is available and the conditions in which it is grown greatly affect the flavor of it as well. You can estimate that 100 Arabica bushes will give you near 130 pounds of non-roasted coffee beans.

One thing you should know is that coffee is very good for you. It has anti oxidants and minerals present in it which are all believed to help you with some diseases. Researchers say that coffee even reduces the probability of people to get Parkinson’s disease or diabetes. There are bacteria fighting elements present in coffee and these help with tooth decay and there are also some anti oxidants that are believed to help prevent colon cancer by stimulating enzymes. The caffeine helps you concentrate and keeps you alert. It is also known to help you with asthma and headaches.

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