Interesting Coffee Facts

COFFEE FACTS


- Coffee is the second largest world commodity only to oil.

- Brazil is the largest coffee producing country in the world (~1/3 of world's consumed coffee). Brazil + Colombia together produce ~45% of the world's consumption.

- Hawaii is the only state in the US which coffee is commercially grown (Kona)

- Until late 1800s, people roasted own coffee at home.

- There are about 45 mg of caffeine in a can of Coke; the average chocolate candy bar has 80mg; an average cup (8oz small cup) of coffee contains 184 mg. A single shot of espresso (1 oz) contains 90-150mg of caffeine (depending on blend type). So the saying goes... less caffeine in espresso vice a cup of coffee.

- Regular coffee drinkers have about 1/3 fewer asthma symptoms than noncoffee drinkers (Harvard Research on 20,000 people). How do you stop an asthma attack? - drink a cup of coffee (The Doctor's Book of Home Remedies).

- MIT research indicates a 30% increase in alertness after only 30mg of caffeine is consumed. Studies also say the body will absorb only 300 mg of caffeine at a given time. Milk coats the stomach lining slowing the absorption of caffeine.