• The cultivation of coffee started in the sixth century A.D. in Yemen.
• The first roasted coffee beans were boiled whole in water. Later, man ground the roasted beans with a mortar and pestle, then boiled them, which added flavor and aroma.
• Coffee is the second highest traded commodity in the world. Oil is #1.
• Over 400 billion cups are served annually.
• The industry employees about 20 million people worldwide.
• It is the most popular beverage in the world.
• About one half of all coffee drinkers use sweetener, cream or both.
• The average coffee drinker consumes three and a half cups a day.
• Coffee "cherries" grow on an evergreen tree that grows in tropical climates around the world.
• The 3 great growing regions are Central and part of South America, East Africa and Indonesia.
• Coffee is grown in one place in the United States. Hawaii.
• The yield of one coffee tree is about one pound of roasted coffee beans. The bean is actually the seed inside the coffee cherries.
• The first coffee drinkers in the Middle East used cinnamon to flavor their coffee.
• Before the turn of the century the word java did not mean coffee. It meant "nutmeg." In native Malay, java translated literally as "land of nutmeg."

 Health Benefits

Coffee is filled with antioxidents! It may help prevent such diseases like: heart disease, Alzheimer's and asthma.

Coffee may also help reduce the risk of liver and colon cancer, type II diabetes and Parkinson's Disease.

 Drinking a cup of coffee may help your perfomance in situations that require longer periods of attention.

Caffeine is a natural substance present in the leaves, seeds or fruits of more than 60 plant species world-wide. Recent studies on caffeine have shown that there are no health consequences associated with drinking coffee. So, drink up!