Author: Jenifer Sako / Source: did you know?
Coffee is a brewed drink made from dried and roasted coffee beans, typically grown and harvested in Africa, the area of the Americas close to the equator, Southeast Asia and India.
But you knew that.
You probably also know coffee wakes you up in the morning and keeps you going if you have to work or drive into the wee hours.
Coffee, however, hides a few surprises. It’s more than just a hug in a mug. The next time you are sitting with your friends at your favorite coffee shop, use this list of 11 dark roasted facts to show off your OCD (obsessive coffee disorder).
1. Black Ivory Coffee in Thailand is one of the most expensive coffees in the world at more than $500 per pound.
Elephants eat the beans and then poop them out half-digested. The coffee produced has a robust flavor and drinker are willing to shell out the big bucks for the hard-to-find brew.
After it’s cleaned, of course.
2 Almost all the world’s religions accept coffee.
Although Mormonism does not allow caffeinated “hot beverages,” including coffee, and Seventh Day Adventism also eschews the brew.
3. Coffee has a history of being banned.
One attempt was by Italian clerics who tried to ban coffee as the “devil’s drink” in the 16th century. Instead, Pope Clement VII baptized it to cheat the devil because he thought it was delicious.
4. Don’t look for an Espresso Romano in Italy.
Most Italians have never heard of it. But you can make one yourself…
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