1. Legend has it a 9th-century Ethiopian goat herder discovered coffee by accident when he noticed how crazy the beans were making his goats. He decided to eat the berries himself and experienced the effects of the caffeine.
2. Coffee grows on trees - Coffee trees can grown to be up to 30 feet tall, but are cultivated to be around 10 feet for picking.
3. A coffee bean is actually a seed inside of a bright red berry.
4. In the ancient Arab culture there was only one way a woman could legally divorce: If her husband didn't provide enough coffee.
5.The first webcam was invented at The University of Cambridge to let people know if the coffee pot was full or not.
6. A mixture of coffee grounds and sugar, fed to a pot plant and watered regularly, will revive houseplants that have turned yellow in winter.
7. In December 2001 Brazil produced a scented postage stamp to promote its coffee - the smell should last between 3 and 5 years.
8. In the 1600s there was a controversy over whether or not Catholics could drink coffee, luckily Pope Clement VIII said it was okay.
9. New Yorkers drink almost 7 times more coffee than other cities in the US.
10. A coffee tree has a lifespan of about 50 to 70 years.
11. Coffee is The second most widely used product in the world after oil.
12. It is consumed at the rate of 1400 million cups per day.
13. Coffee is the world's second most popular drink after water.
14. The word "coffee" was at one time a term for wine, but was later used to describe a black drink made from berries of the coffee tree.
15. Both the American Revolution and the infamous French Revolution were born in coffee houses.
16. There is a difference between the strength and body of the coffee? The strength of the coffee refers to how much coffee is there in the brew, whereas the body is a measure of the richness (or heaviness) of the coffee taste.
17. The rise of Islam contributed greatly to the popularity of coffee. The religion prohibited drinking alcohol, but coffee was considered an acceptable drink.
18. At one point, Brazil had such a coffee surplus that they tried to find other uses for it, including using it to make plastic.
19. Originally coffee was eaten - African tribes mixed coffee berries with fat which formed edible energy balls!
20. All coffee in the world grows in the Bean Belt which is the area between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. Hawaii is the only US State that grows coffee.
21. Coffee berries are picked, dried and stripped down until all that is left is a green bean.
22. The world record for most coffee consumption is 82 cups of coffee in 7 hours.
23. During World War II there was a coffee drinking competition between the branches of the military. The Marines claimed to drink the most – twenty cups a day.
