Retirement is one great big giant coffee break.
–Author Unknown
- One espresso has 2 calories.
- The word ‘coffee’ is pronounced almost the same in every language around the world.
- After water, coffee is the second most widely-consumed beverage in the world. (Tea is a close third.)
- When you drink coffee, your brain shrinks a little, which is why some advise drinking coffee if you have a headache.
- When making an espresso, 65% of the caffeine is extracted from the beans, whereas the French-press method of making coffee extracts 98% of the caffeine.
- There are two hundred flavors components present in raw (green) coffee beans, but roasted beans have over two thousand present.
- The first steam-pressured espresso machine was invented by a Frenchman in 1901.
- In Italy, 80% of the coffee consumed is espresso while the other 20% are milk-based coffee drinks like cappucino. Outside of Italy, those numbers are reversed.
- The espresso-pod of coffee was invented in 1973 by Illy coffee.
- 52% of all coffee imported into Italy comes through Trieste, whose harbor is almost entirely dedicated to coffee importation.
Inspiring Home Life,