Coffee! It's whats for dinner.

This little tribute to coffee was inspired by my bud Mike. The topic of coffee came up and I happend to mention that coffee has it's uses. In particular as an appetite suppressant. I said however mildly so it helps to hold me over until lunch. At which point Mike said something about coffee again and all I heard was right in the middle of the sentence -> "Appetite Depressant". It seems some wires got crossed or that this is really the reason that Mike does not drink coffee! However judging by this picture that was taken a few months ago after Mike was awoken from a late evening nap (9 p.m. or so), I think that Mike may consider re-investing in some coffee or some other kinds of appetite depressant to wake that other eyeball up at least!



And with that I leave you with some interesting Coffee Factoids.

Coffee Factoids


Germany is the world's second largest consumer of coffee in terms of volume at 16 pounds per person.


Over 53 countries grow coffee worldwide, but all of them lie along the equator between the tropic of Cancer and Capricorn.


An acre of coffee trees can produce up to 10,000 pounds of coffee cherries. That amounts to approximately 2,000 pounds of beans after hulling or milling.


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.