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Fun Facts about coffee

Did you know that alcohol is also incorporated in coffee to form alcoholic coffee liqueur called Kahua, and Tia Maria by Irish men.

History of Coffee

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Coffee bean plant was first discovered in the northeast region of Ethiopia, and the Arabs were the first to expand the cultivation of coffee.( aha that’s why Arabic coffee is recognized through out the world). The Muslims in Arabia were the first in history to enjoy coffee. Coffee was also used in religious ceremonies at Africa and Yemen.

 

 

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How does Coffee being Decaffeinated

 

Caffeine is one of the things that made coffee a very likely beverage to be consumed. Caffeine is a chemical content of the coffee which makes people be alert and awake due to its stimulating effect. Decaf or decaffeinated coffee is like a regular coffee in our houses but the caffeine was detached through the process of Decaffeination.

 

Decaffeination; Coffee beans are decaffeinated while they are still green. The beans are soaked in hot water or steamed. Through this process oil coming from the beans (which contains the caffeine) will be separated. Then the oil from the beans are dissolved using a solvent.

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I love my Coffeemaker!

Did you know that gravity is used by your coffee maker…

In a coffeemaker hot water drips onto coffee grounds held in a coffee filter made of paper, plastic, or perforated metal, allowing the water to seep through the ground coffee while extracting its oils and essences. The liquid drips through the coffee and the filter into a carafe or pot, and the spent grounds are retained in the filter.

I know what Espresso is…

Espresso is the method of using forces of hot (but not boiling) pressurized water through ground coffee. As a result of brewing under high pressure the espresso beverage is more concentrated compared to other ways in preparing coffee. That’s the reason why people get addicted to espresso, the way it was prepared.

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I lost my appetite…. Maybe I what I need is coffee

            According to Yaser Dorri an American scientist suggested that by smelling coffee it can restore your appetite and refresh olfactory receptors giving you desireness to eat.

Not everyone can enjoy Coffee…

            Not everyone who loves coffee can enjoy it. Specially people which have preexisting conditions which intake of coffee can aggravate it. Such as; Gastroesophageal reflux disease, Migraines, Arrhythmias, Insomnias and even pregnant mothers.

Witch is which? I don’t want a Coffee tree in my grave…

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            For the Oromo people, It is custom planting a coffee tree on the graves of powerful sorcerers. They believed that the first coffee bush sprang up from the tears that the god of heaven shed over the corpse of a dead sorcerer.

How long do I get my coffee….

            Harvesting is the best part in planting but in coffee I wonder…

            For a coffee bean to be ready for harvest it will take 6 to 8 months for the berries to mature, and if the environment doesn’t cooperate it may take much longer. “Having my dog give birth to puppies is sooner than my coffee trees give me Coffee”.