Did you know that every day, we consume over three hundred tonnes of caffeine?
That is enough for every man, woman and child on the planet to have a cup. Insane isn’t it?
Video Notes:
- USA is the worlds largest importer of coffee
- USA has to import almost all of its coffee
- Coffee plants will only grow in climates between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn, which is known as the coffee belt
- Hawaii is the only American state in this belt
- Finland is biggest consumer of coffee per day; they drink 3 times a day more than average American
- Coffee berries need to be hand picked to release the beans inside
- About 40 coffee beans are needed to make one espresso
- Caffeine is a natural insecticide which the tree produces
- There are no recorded deaths from overdose of coffee
- You may develop a physical addiction to caffeine
- Withdrawal will make you cranky and give you a headache
- Caffeine gives you better memory (read our article on Alzheimer’s disease)
- Coffee/caffeine is the most used psycho active drug in the world
- Coffee has many health benefits
- In 1600’s people switched from alcohol to coffee and tea
- Coffee is the fuel of the modern world
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