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Do YOUR fellow coffee enthusiasts know the following yet?

Coffee Trivia - do you know the following facts?

Anything that deals

with coffee automatically is bestowed with dignity and importance. I’m sure you agree.

Which is why you cannot WAIT to read the following coffee trivia facts! To wit:

  • 1. Coffee was first known in Europe as Arabian Wine.
  • 2. The Arabs are generally believed to be the first to brew coffee.
  • 3. Milk as an additive to coffee became popular in the 1680’s, when a French physician recommended that cafe au lait be used for medicinal purposes.
  • 4. The first Parisian cafe opened in 1689 to serve coffee.
  • 5. Bach wrote a coffee cantata in 1732
  • 6. In the year 1763, there were over 200 coffee shops in Venice.
  • 7. The heavy tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773, which caused the “Boston Tea Party,” resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. Drinking coffee was an expression of freedom.
  • 8. The founding fathers of the U.S., during the revolution, formed their national strategies in coffeehouses.
  • 9. In early America, coffee was usually taken between meals and after dinner.
  • 10. In the year 1790, there were two firsts in the United States; the first wholesale coffee roasting company, and the first newspaper advertisement featuring coffee ….MORE…..

My favorite coffee trivia - the earth would fall out of rotation if coffee ceased to exist.

No, really, I’m serious.

Totally.

:)

Enjoy,

Owlbert

ps - speaking about coffee:


ANTIQUE FOLDING 15X25" COFFEE OR CARD TABLE 20"TALL


2 ANTIQUE COFFEE GRINDERS


Antique Steamer Half Trunk Flat Coffee Table Oak Slat


Gorgeous antique-look silver coffee pot lamp


Soda Crackers Tin and Coffee Mill Tin Canisters


Silver nickle reinnickle tea coffee pot kettle antique


EAMES ERA T.V. CONSOLE COFFEE TABLE MID CENTURY MODERN

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