FACTS ABOUT COFFEE
Added on: 17th Nov 2014
The name cappuccino comes from the
resemblance of the drink to the clothing of the
Capuchin monks.
Espresso literally means In Italian,
"when something is forced out."
Coffee was the first food to be freeze-dried.
40% of the world’s coffee is produced by
Columbia and Brazil.
Kopi Luwak, the world’s most expensive coffee are
the beans excreted by a Sumatran wild cat!
Coffee beans grow on a bush.
Arabica and Robusta beans are the most common.
An Ibrik is a long-handled copper pot for making
Turkish coffee.
Arabica varieties such as Java and Mocha are named
after their ports of origin.
Sixteenth-century Muslim rulers banned coffee because
of its unusual stimulating effects.
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