Like many of you, I didn’t really drink coffee until I had kids. Oh sure I went out for coffee with friends, oddly enough in the evenings, and more as a social thing. It’s only after I had kids that I understood how coffee is the life-force for parents when there seems no other way to go on with our days!
I bet you didn’t know these coffee-facts. The next time you’re standing in your favorite coffee-shop, you can rattle one of these off to the Barista and blow their mind with your knowledge. Or – they may think you’ve had too much coffee today already.
1. Coffee Is Evil
Well, it once was anyway. Coffee wasn’t part of the Western world until the 1500’s. Before then, it was considered evil. This only stopped when Pope Clement VIII finally ended this line of thinking by taking a sip of coffee and then giving it his blessing. Amen!
2. Got time?
On average, people who purchase their coffee from drive-through windows before work will spend around forty-five hours every year waiting in line for their coffee. Perhaps I need to rethink my drive-through routine.
3. Aloha!
Hawaii is the only US state that grows coffee. The rest is grown in the “bean belt”, the area between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn.
4. Cuppa Joe
The term “cup of Joe” comes from American Service Men (GI Joe’s) in WW2 being noted as big coffee drinkers!
5. The next time you think the local diner serves coffee that tastes like…well….
Did you know that the world’s most expensive coffee, up to $600 per pound, is made from coffee beans eaten and then excreted by a Sumatran wild cat. I wonder what it tastes like?
I love my coffee – good coffee that is – so I can appreciate brands like Van Houtte that have been in the industry since 1919 creating delicious blends. Love this “Spring” video from Van Houtte!
Great fun facts!
I’ve added this page to my StumbleUpon. 🙂
Cool facts! 😀
Neat! Thanks for sharing. Cool facts!
i never knew that
Very Interesting. You learn Something new everyday!! 😀
Some great facts about coffee 🙂
Well we spend more than 45 hours per year waiting in line for our coffee, that’s crazy!!
Very cool 🙂
Thank goodness gor that pope, because I love my coffee!
Is it strange that I already knew about the cat poop coffee?lol!Ahh “blessed” coffee..I’d still drink it if it were “evil” lol!
A very pleasant article about coffee. I enjoyed reading it. Thank you
interesting facts, however I will always love my coffee lol
excreted by a Sumatran wild cat! YUCK!
That was definitely interesting to read!
it’s a good day when you learn something new, i learned 5 so it’s a GREAT day thanks Feisty for taking the time to post it. :0
omg 45 hours waiting for coffee every year???? Thats nuts!! Thank god for my keurig and travel mug!
Learn something new every day
I’m a tea girl at heart, and after reading about the expensive coffee that is basically poop!? Glad I drink tea lol!
Great facts, I will have to pass along the forty-five hours every year waiting in line for their coffee to my husband.
thanks
Interesting! I don’t drink coffee really but nice to know!
I like the caffeine.
I’m not a fan of coffee. I’m more of a hot chocolate girl.
Very Interesting, This was some facts I did not know! I find being a mom to 10 I see Everyday we grow and learn something new and my new things was this. Thank you so much in Sharing =)
WOW i think i need to rethink drinking coffee 🙁
very interesting info; like #4 Cuppa Joe
I loled for real at “Coffee is evil”… it may be evil.. but man, is it delicious.
wow! Some interesting facts. Thanks for sharing!
Great coffee facts! Love Kona coffee….
Never knew coffee was evil. Great facts.
That’s a heck of a long time standing in line lol
Coffee was considered evil? Interesting!
Hello, FF&F. Some interesting facts. I knew about #5 from the movie “Bucket List” with Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson. Thank you for this post, FF&F.
Well, some wonderful things that I didn’t know about coffee….I have heard about the cat thing…kinda pricey for that morning cuppa 🙂
Some interesting fun facts. Thanks
the amount of coffee my hubby drinks Im sure its double hours calculated waiting in line
Wow, those are some cool facts 🙂
I had no idea that Hawaii was the only state that grows coffee!! Actually I didnt know any of these facts, thanks for the awesome post!
I had no idea! These facts are so interesting!
These are some very intriguing facts like how the most expensive coffee bean is made.Wow!LOL
I can believe the drive thru one. I worked at a Tim Horton’s for years on the drive thru and we always had the same people go through every day. Sometimes 2 or 3 times a day I’d see them in an eight hour shift.
I had no idea that Hawaii grew coffee!
thanks for the facts!! love learning something every day 🙂
Love the part about coffee during war time.
Yeah, coffee is the root of my evil… if I go without. 😉
There is also a coffee which is fed to Cambodian weasils and then vomited up. It was given by UK comic Stephen Fry to Prince Charles and Lady DIana for their wedding present… nice!!
Thanks for sharing!
Wow, thanks for the interesting facts.
whoa interesting write up..
I knew about #5.. and well, you couldn’t pay me to try that coffee. lol.
I’m glad I’m more of a tea drinker! I brew at home but nothing fancy, I do love a good Starbucks once in awhile though.
Coffee is the juice of life. Well my life anyway !
Very interesting facts. I have one for you. Coffee repairs the nervous system. I have a disease the attacks the nervous system with a maximum life expectancy of 8 years. Loving coffee since I was 2, I’m a 26 year old coffee drinker. =D
I can’t live with out my coffee. its so comforting =)
Had no idea they grew coffee in Hawaii!
i never acquired a taste for coffee. i have what i think is an ever bigger vice, a taste for die t coke. i am in recovery though 🙂 I do know that coffee has some benefits but i think most of them can be reaped without actually drinking the coffee.
Being a student, I must say, coffee is a life-force for me as well. Especially during exams…
Thank you for posting this 🙂
Coffee depletes so many minerals and vitamins, but is oh so delicious!
Nothing better than a cuppa joe.cool facts
I actually knew that last fact. I wasn’t sure i wanted to read this…I thought you were going to give me health facts about how unhealthy it was….
Neat coffee facts but I’m a tea drinker 🙂
I’ve heard the countries that do produce that expensive coffee – that the poor Sumatran wild cats suffer terribly and are treated very poorly. I would never give it a try 🙁
Fun facts 🙂
I love little facts like that. That last one…ugh, you’d have to pay ME to drink coffee made from cat poop lol
As weird as it sounds…I’ve never had a cup of coffee in my 32 years.
I’ve tried #5 in Bali…it actually tastes pretty good! It was really expensive though & I’m probably only gonna have it once in my life.
Wow I know that coffee is bad for you really, and the amount that the world consumes is crazy! I don’t drink coffee myself, and my friends tell me that is why my teeth are so white! Thanks for sharing these facts!
I am not sure i want coffee thats been chewed up and spat out.
I love my coffee… and the Hawaiian stuff is the best 🙂
I love my morning coffee, 2 cups gets me going. My fave is Jamaican Blue Mountain…as for that $600 per pound of coffee, I’ll give it a miss thanks and it’s not just because of the price..lol
Fact 5 is my new explanation as to why I’m not a coffee drinker ;)!
I used to drink coffee as a teenager, but once I quit smoking I quit coffee as well and just never went back. You’d think as a mom of 2 under 3 years old I’d be all over that!
The next time you think the local diner serves coffee that tastes like…well….
Did you know that the world’s most expensive coffee, up to $600 per pound, is made from coffee beans eaten and then excreted by a Sumatran wild cat. I wonder what it tastes like?
I’m not much of a coffee drinker, prefer tea but when I do indulge I like a good strong dark roast Columbian coffee. Wow imagine we lose 45 hours a year waiting in line for coffee..
I love my coffee!!!!
I’ve never even tried coffee, just don’t like the look and smell. Interesting tidbits.
I didn’t realize Hawaii is the only U.S. state that grows coffee. Haven’t tried this brand, but would like to!
Not a coffee drinker myself (I LOVE tea!),but some interesting facts! Thanks!
Love the article! Definitely got my facts of the day 🙂
45 hours in drive thru! And that’s JUST counting the trip before work, and not the rest of the day! eee…
very interesting…. I love coffee though :S
That is insane (about the drive thru waits)! the things we do for coffee!
On average, people who purchase their coffee from drive-through windows before work will spend around forty-five hours every year waiting in line for their coffee. WOW
45 hours in a drive thru?? Does that include Roll up the Rim days??
great facts. i had to stop drinking coffee a while back. this makes me miss it a lot!
45 hours a year holy cow who knew
wow! i figured that i would know at least 1 of the 5 – but these are all new to me. fun facts. I’d pass on the cat excrement though….
I learned a lot about coffee from a cultural studies perspective. It’s so interesting to learn about these things we take for granted.