A scientific report form the University of California found that
the steam rising from a cup of coffee contains the same amounts
of antioxidants as three oranges. The antioxidants are heterocyclic
compounds which prevents cancer and heart disease. It's good for
you!
Adding sugar to coffee is believed to have started in 1715, in
the court of King Louis XIV, the French monarch.
After the decaffeinating process, processing companies no longer
throw the caffeine away; they sell it to pharmaceutical companies.
After they are roasted, and when the coffee beans begin to cool,
they release about 700 chemical substances that make up the vaporizing
aromas.
Beethoven who was a coffee lover, was so particular about his coffee
that he always counted 60 beans each cup when he prepared his brew.
Brazil accounts for almost 1/3 of the world's coffee production,
producing over 3-1/3 billion pounds of coffee each year.
Caffeine is on the International Olympic Committee list of prohibited
substances. Athletes who test positive for more than 12 micrograms
of caffeine per milliliter of urine may be banned from the Olympic
Games. This level may be reached after drinking about 5 cups of
coffee.
Citrus has been added to coffee for several hundred years.
Coffee was first known in Europe as Arabian Wine.
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