Did You Know...? Coffee

When coffee beans are roasted, a condenser gathers all the chemicals that contain the aroma that we all know and love. It is this aroma that is then used to produce coffee oil. After the chemicals are taken-out the rest of coffee bean ground into a powder. Sucrose and yeast are then added to the powdered coffee and this mixture is fermented at around 22 Celsius. The whole fermentation process takes about 4 hours, from start to finish.

There are many different types of coffee beans, however the two most common are: Arabica and Robusta. Coffee beans taste and small different according to where they are grown. The amount of caffeine in the coffee also varies.

Research and studies into the health benefits of coffee, have been around for many years and they claim that there are some major benefits of drinking coffee on a regular basis. The beans are very high in chlorogenic acid (a type of antioxidant). Between 70 and 200mg can be found in a cup of Arabica whereas a cup of Robusta can have as much as 350mg.

On average, drinkers of coffee will swallow up to 1g of cinnamate esters (mostly chlorogenic acid) and 500mg of cinnamates (mostly caffeic acid) per day. If this research is to be believed, Coffee could supply almost 70% of the recommended daily allowance. Thus, making it the most important dietary source for this group of antioxidants.

Coffee originated in Ethiopia, which is in East Africa. Almost 60% of all export trade in Ethiopia is coffee. After petroleum, coffee is the most exported item in the world.

Did You Know?

*It takes five years for a coffee tree to reach maturity.

*An average tree can produce the equivalent of one pound in weight of coffee.

*1683 saw the first coffee house in Europe. It was opened in Venice

*When coffee was first made available in Europe, it was only looked at as a rich persons drink. This was back in 1608

*A coffee berry typically has two "beans". Berries that have three beans are believed to be good luck.

*The first instant coffee was invented in 1906 by a Belgian who lived in Guatemala he then immigrated to the United States. Ironically his name was George Washington.

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