The Brewing Grounds In Leonardtown,MD
Coffee Fun Facts, History, and Trivia!
Coffee Facts and Trivia
- Approximately 3,400 cups of coffee are consumed every second of the day around the world. Coffee is the second most valuable product in the global economy, creating annual sales of $70 billion. Half of all Americans start their day with a cup of coffee. 57% of all brewed coffee is consumed at breakfast. Black coffee is preferred by about 40% of coffee drinkers. The average coffee drinker consumes three cups per day.
- Coffee beans are the seeds of a fruit, picked when red, and acquire their familiar brown color and enticing aroma only upon roasting. Of the two predominant species, Arabica beans are of superior quality, producing the finest flavors when grown at high altitudes in semitropical climates. Robusta beans require less care and thrive in low altitudes, and have twice the caffeine. Most commercial coffee is Robusta, often with a small percentage of arabica beans added for flavor. In contrast, almost all gourmet coffee is Arabica.
- The percolator was invented in 1827 by a French man. It would boil the coffee producing a bitter tasting brew. Today most people use the drip or filtered method to brew their coffee.
- With the exception of
Hawaii and Puerto Rico, no coffee is grown in the United States or its territories. - Up until the 1870's most coffee was roasted at home in a frying pan over a charcoal fire. It wasn't until recent times that batch roasting became popular.
- Each year some 7 million tons of green beans are produced world wide. Most of which is hand picked.
- 27% of
U.S. coffee drinkers add a sweetener to their coffee. - The world's largest coffee producer is
Brazil with over 3,970 million coffee trees. Colombia comes in second with around two thirds of Brazil's production. - Hard bean means the coffee was grown at an altitude above 5000 feet.
- Arabica and Robusta trees can produce crops for 20 to 30 years under proper conditions and care.
- Most coffee is transported by ships. Currently there are approximately 2,200 ships involved in transporting the beans each year.
- The popular trend towards flavored coffees originated in the
United States during the 1970's. - October 1st is the official Coffee Day in
Japan. - The first coffee tree in the Western Hemisphere was brought from
France to the Island of Martinique in the 1720's. - It is estimated that 100 million Americans drink a total of 350 million cups of coffee a day.
- 52% of the American adult population (age 18+) drinks some type of coffee beverage on a daily basis, averaging about 3.2 cups per day.
"Cowboy coffee"? It was said they made their coffee by putting ground coffee into a clean sock and immerse it in cold water and heated over campfire. When ready, they would pour the coffee into tin cups and drink it.
Caffeine is on the International Olympic Committee list of prohibited substances. Athletes who test positive for more than 12 micrograms of caffeine per milliliter of urine may be banned from the Olympic Games. This level may be reached after drinking about 5 cups of coffee. Ouch! Any coffee athletics out there?
- Both the American Revolution and the infamous French Revolution were born in coffee houses. The American Revolution grew from roots planted by patriots in the Green Dragon (some say it was the Green Lion) Public House in the Lloyd's District of London. The infamous French Revolution happened in 1789 when the Parisians, spurred on by Camille Desmoulins's verbal campaign, took to the streets and two days later the Bastille fell, marking the overthrow of the French Government and changing France forever.
Open Mon - Fri from 6:30am to 6:00pm
Sat 8:00am - 5:00pm
BrewingGrounds
41658 Fenwick St
Leonardtown, MD 20650
(301) 475-8040
Or FAX your order to: (301) 475-8658
