Coffee lover or not, today marks the international coffee day. Coffee is a drink prepared from roasted coffee beans.
Darkly coloured, bitter, and slightly acidic, coffee has a stimulating effect on humans, primarily due to its caffeine content.
It is the second most popular hot drink in the world after tea.
Here are a few facts you ought to know about coffee:
- Espresso means "pressed out" in Italian.
This refers to the way espresso is made. Hot boiling water is forced through pressed coffee grounds to give you the drink.
Espresso has more caffeine per volume than regular coffee.
- Coffee has two types
Arabica and Robusta coffee are the only two types of coffee. Robusta coffee requires a lot of care and attention and it is slightly more expensive, bitter, and has more caffeine than Arabica coffee.
Kenya mainly grows Arabica coffee.
- Finland has the most coffee lovers in the world.
The average adult in Finland goes through 12.5 Kg of coffee each year, according to the International Coffee Organization.
This is because of the extreme cold there. Temperatures dip as low as -40 Celsius.
- Europe is the largest consumer of coffee
The world's top 10 coffee-consuming nations are in Europe, whereas most of the largest coffee producers are in developing countries with the right weather to grow coffee.
Coffee is only grown near the equator, from the Tropic of Cancer to the Tropic of Capricorn.
- The most common drink is a Latte
Latte is the most common coffee drink across the world followed by cappuccino.
The two use similar ingredients but have distinct tastes, textures, and finishes.
