A few crazy facts about Coffee.

• 1.7 Billion cups of coffee are consumed everyday worldwide
• People of the United States are responsible for 35% of this consumption.
• That's about 300 million people, drinking about 400 million cups of coffee every day.
• The first coffee advertisement was in a US newspaper in 1790.
• 65% of coffee drinks that are consumed are at breakfast/
• Between 200 and 300 cups are served at the average coffee drive-thru per day.
• The specialty coffee industry brought in an average of 12.2 billion dollars in sales in 2007.
• The addiction to coffee was considered to be a social problem in the 1700s. 
• If you bought an espresso machine for 200$ and had 1 coffee every day you would break even in 81.63 days!
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Coffee Love.

 There you are, just about to start your morning in the very best way possible. What do you do? Well, you make a fresh cup of coffee of course, right? Sometimes it seems that the world is revolving around one thing, and that is coffee. I sometimes wonder where the world would be without coffee, and I must say it’s quite hard to predict. The fact is that a lot of people can’t even begin their day before they have at least one cup of coffee. It’s like a drug,  and they need the caffeine in order to be able to start up their brains. I am not sure how I could make it through my day without my daily fresh brewed cup of coffee. Many people would strongly agree with me! Thank God for coffee!! :)

Questions and Answers.

Can caffeine really kill you?

-Caffeine can really kill you but doctors say you would have to drink 80 to 100 cups in a hurry.

Is coffee helpful to your health or attitude?

-One to two cups of coffee have been shown to be beneficial to people’s attitudes and health.

Can coffee cut pain?

-Moderate doses of caffeine — the equivalent of two cups of coffee— can cut post-gym muscle pain, a small study found. But the research was done on people who were not regular coffee drinkers.

Does coffee keep you up at night?

All research has shown that coffee will you keep you up at night, experts advise you to stay away from coffee six hours before bedtime.

Healthy Sweeteners For Your Coffee

I have gone through phases with the way I like my coffee. At first I use to use Sugar Free Vanilla Creamer with two Splendas. Then my mom introduced me to an organic sweetener called AGAVE. It tastes like pure sugar. It comes in a liquid form. Agave can be bought in many flavors, a few that I have tried and enjoyed are Original, Hazelnut, Blueberry, Irish Cream, Peppermint and Red Velvet. They all blend very well with any kind of coffee. Lately I have switched from using the sugar free vanilla creamer to using heavy whipping cream as my creamer. It is a healthier choice and I personally think it makes my coffee richer and creamier. I LOVE COFFEE!!!

My Personal Experience with Coffee

I have grown up with coffee being in my life on a daily basis. It started when my nana and papa babysat me from birth till about four years old. My nana and papa are from Sicily, Italy and always had Italian’s finest coffee in mass quantities. Growing up with them is one of my favorite childhood memories. Every morning when I would wake up, I would be handed a bottle or sippy cup full of what they and I called “coffee milk”. My nana was the absolute best at making this contraption. The secret recipe was 50% coffee, 45% milk with two spoonfuls’ of sugar.  I wish my nana was still around to make me this delightful beverage. I believe growing up with having coffee inside my bottle is what sparked my love and addiction for coffee. I will hopefully make my kids and grandkids this drink!

Thanks Nana Ricci, I love and miss you soo much J R.I.P

Dunkin Donuts VS Starbucks

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Coffee in the 21st Century

Today, coffee is a giant global industry employing more than 20 million people. This commodity ranks second only to petroleum in terms of dollars traded worldwide. With over 400 billion cups consumed every year, coffee is the world's most popular beverage. If you can imagine, in Brazil alone, over 5 million people are employed in the cultivation and harvesting of over 3 billion coffee plants. Sales of specialty coffees in the United States have reached the multi billion-dollar level, and are increasing significantly on an annual basis.

Coffee's Journey Around The World

Coffee was first discovered in Eastern Africa in an area we know today as Ethiopia. A popular legend refers to a goat herder by the name of Kaldi, who observed his goats acting unusually frisky after eating berries from a bush. Curious about this phenomenon, Kaldi tried eating the berries himself. He found that these berries gave him a renewed energy. The news of this energy laden fruit quickly spread throughout the region.

Hearing about this amazing fruit, Monks dried the berries so that they could be transported to distant monasteries. They reconstituted these berries in water, ate the fruit, and drank the liquid to provide stimulation for a more awakened time for prayer.