The original home of coffee is presumably Ethiopia. Coffee launched in the 15th century and came to Europe in the 16th century with the cntribution of Arabs. Today, it is onen of the most popular drinks in the world.Coffee is the second most commercialized product in the world after oil.
The capital of coffee and the biggest coffee producer
Seattle, which is by the way also the birthplace of Starbucks. In the early seventies, the company was only a small shop on the old pike place market in Seattle. Today, Starbucks, with 22,500 establishments in 64 countries and $ 21.5 billion in sales, is the world's largest roaster and retailer of coffee.
The perfect moment for an espresso
According to some studies, the best time for a cup of coffee is 14:15. It is at this precise moment that we have the least energy. As we already know, caffeine has a stimulating effect. Coffee has been shown to impeove alterness, concentration and endurance.
The biggest coffee consumers
Worldwide, we drink 1.6 billion cups of cofffee every day: the Scandinavians are the biggest consumers. Scandinavian countries are definitely the biggest lovers of coffee in the world. The Finns were leading with 5.4 cups a day. In Belgium and Luxembourg, consumption during the period was 3.8 cups per day.
The Dutch drank 3.2 cups a day during the period. The European Union as a whole reaches 2.2 cups per day per person. The British drink mostly tea. Their coffee consumpotion is limited to 1.2 cups a day. Outsied Europe, the largest consumers of coffee reside in the United States and Canada. Coffee consumption is not that popular in the producing countries, except Brazil and Costa Rica.
The United States, people drink 400 million cups each day. With this quantity, one could fill 14 Statues of Liberty. Not surprisingly, in terms of volume, the Americans are the biggest drinkers of black drink in the world. Together, they consume 164 billion cups a year, which corresponds to 400 million a day.
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