For the Coffee addict

Coffee is a widely consumed beverage prepared from the roasted seeds—commonly called "beans"—of the coffee plant. Coffee was first consumed as early as the 9th century, when it appeared in the highlands of Ethiopia.[1] From Ethiopia, it spread to Egypt and Yemen, and by the 15th century had reached Persia, Turkey, and northern Africa. From the Muslim world, coffee spread to Italy, then to the rest of Europe and the Americas.[2] Today, coffee is one of the most popular beverages worldwide.[3]

Random facts on coffee:
1.As can be concluded from the statement above, the Muslims were the pioneer of the coffee trade business.(Coffee beans were first exported from Ethiopia to Yemen.Reference from other text)
2.The two most commonly grown species of the coffee plant are Coffea canephora and C. arabica, which are cultivated in Latin America, South East Asia, Asia, and Africa.
3.The first coffee house was Kiva Han, which opened in Constantinople in 1457.
4.Coffee was at first not well received. In 1511, it was forbidden for its stimulating effect by conservative, orthodox imams at a theological court in Mecca.
5.Similarly, coffee was banned by the Ethiopian Orthodox Church some time before the 17th century, along with smoking tobacco and chewing the mild stimulant khat, as it was seen as a Muslim and pagan practice.
6.In Europe, Coffee became more widely accepted after it was "baptized" by Pope Clement VIII in 1600 despite appeals to ban the Muslim drink.
7."We are indebted to these great [Arab] physicians for introducing coffee to the modern world through their writings, as well as sugar, tea, and chocolate." Antoine Galland
8.Coffee may be brewed by several methods: by boiling, gravity, steeping, or pressure.
9.In ancient times, coffee was initially used for spiritual reasons.In Arab,coffee became the substitute beverage in spiritual practice in place of wine where wine was forbidden.
10.Research suggests that drinking caffeinated coffee can cause a temporary increase in the stiffening of arterial walls. Excess coffee consumption may lead to a magnesium deficiency or hypomagnesemia.
11.Coffee appears to reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, heart disease, diabetes mellitus type 2, cirrhosis of the liver, and gout.
12.Coffee ingestion on average is about a third that of tap water in most of North America and Europe. In total, 6.7 million metric tons of coffee were produced annually in 1998–2000, and the forecast is a rise to 7 million metric tons annually by 2010.

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