FUN FACT FRIDAY: CAFÉ ☕☕

Time for a cup of Joe! The word “coffee” comes from the Arabic word for “wine”. Qahwah later became kahveh in Turkish, and then koffie in Dutch, which is where we get the English word coffee. Did you know one cup of coffee has only one calorie? It’s all the mix-ins that you add to coffee is what adds up. Frappuccinos from Starbucks can contain 88 grams of sugar and 600 calories! Coffee consumption in America was popularized by a reaction to the Tea Tax leading up to the Revolutionary War, and during the Civil war, coffee helped tired troops stay energized. Finlandians are big coffee lovers, with 27.5 pounds of coffee consumed by the average adult Finn. Coffee is the world’s 2nd largest traded commodity, surpassed only by crude oil. Did you know that coffee stays warm 20% longer when you add cream? The cream is basically an insulator to your coffee, hee hee! A. The caffeine extracted to make decaffeinated coffee is often sold to other companies who want to put caffein into their products. And lastly, “Kopi Luwak” is an Indonesian coffee made from beans digested by the Asian Palm Civet. Yes, coffee made from Civet poop. I happen to think Cuban Coffee is really good. If you drink coffee, what’s your favorite? Have a JAVA JIVIN’ FRIDAY mes amis