FASCINATING FACTS ABOUT COFFEE
- Coffee Farming
In the olden days, Muslims used to use coffee to keep them awake during the long praying sessions. Their heightened sense of prayer made them feel closer to God.
“Grounds for Divorce”: In 17th Century Constantinople (now Istanbul), coffee was promised to brides on their wedding day by husbands who vowed to always provide it - and it was considered as grounds for divorce if they failed to do so!
Through the centuries, some religious fanatics sought to ban coffee, thinking it was an invention of Satan.
In the 17th Century, Pope Clement baptised coffee to make it a beverage ‘fit for Christians’ after trying his first cup.
- Basket of coffee cherries
The Prussian King, Frederick the Great, banned his people from drinking coffee but continued to drink it himself, often made with Champagne not water.
‘Cappuccino’ is named after the Capuchin order of Monks.
Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850), the French literary Realist, would fuel his writing with upwards of 60 cups of coffee a day.
The first attempts at manufacturing instant coffee began in the 18th Century.
In 1969, the first cup of coffee was drunk on the Moon.
3,000 cups of NESCAFÉ coffee are drunk every second.
NESCAFÉ is the biggest coffee brand in the world and is sold in over 100 countries.
It takes more than 40 coffee beans to make a cup of NESCAFÉ coffee.
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