If you're looking for an excuse to indulge in a better-than-average cup of coffee, here it is!
We want to show appreciation for the rich and full history of coffee as well as to celebrate the fresh and new ways that gourmet coffee has made its way into people’s lives and coffee mugs. If you think of yourself as a coffee connoisseur or would like to become one, you absolutely should have that extra cup today!
RANDOM FACTS ABOUT COFFEE
Coffee beans are actually seeds. Coffee trees can actually grow up to 30 feet!
Brazil grows the most coffee in the world.
Only two U.S. states grow coffee: California and Hawaii.
Coffee is the 2nd most traded product in the world, behind oil.
Coffee was first eaten as coffee "energy balls."
Kopi Luawk coffee is the most expensive coffee in the world, it can cost up to $600/pound!
In 2012 the largest cup of coffee made it into the Guinness World Record Book, 9 feet tall, 3,487 gallons.
The word "coffee" comes from the Arabic word for "wine."
New Yorkers drink 7x more coffee than any other city in America.