Who doesn’t love a steaming hot cuppa first thing in the morning? Most people cannot function even properly unless they’ve had their morning coffee fix, with the caffeinated beverage being a popular choice among youngsters and elders alike. Here are some facts about coffee that will make you appreciate your cup even more:

Ri_Ya/Pixabay. The coffee bean is actually a seed and not a bean.

• The coffee bean is actually not a bean but a seed of the plant. It is taken out of the coffee fruit and then roasted and ground to make coffee powder.
• The secret to better coffee bean growth is planting the coffee at higher altitudes. Less oxygen in the air allows for better growth of the coffee plant.
• Coffee is surely one of the most sought-after commodities in the world. It is, in fact, the second-largest commodity after oil.
• Another interesting fact about growing coffee trees is that it requires more shade and little sunlight to blossom. To produce higher quality coffee, coffee trees are planted in well-shaded areas to ripen the coffee fruit slowly.
• A coffee tree can live up to 70 years.
• The world collectively drinks around one and a half billion cups of coffee in a single day.

Pexels/Pixabay. An average American drinks around 400 cups of coffee.

• An average American adult drinks around 400 cups of coffee in a year, which is equivalent to 26.7 gallons.
• In America, coffee is grown in Hawaii and Puerto Rico.
• The term ‘cup of Joe’ for coffee was first coined during the Second World War, where American soldiers, called the G.I Joes, used to drink a lot of coffee. At the time, the Maxwell Instant Coffee was part of a soldier’s ration.
• The coffee drink was invented by George Washington, an English chemist.
• Coffee is essentially a zero-calorie drink when taken black and without any additives.
• The world’s most expensive coffee is extracted in quite an unappealing manner. Th4 $600 per pound coffee starts off as coffee berries, which are digested by Kopi Luwak, a small Indonesian animal. The coffee beans are then extracted from the waste of the Kopi Luwak, cleaned, roasted, and sold.

eliasfalla/Pixabay. Coffee grounds are helpful to rescue dying plants

• Coffee grounds are a great sustainable way to rescue other dying plants. Putting them in the soil of frail houseplants will instantly revitalize them.
• To overdose from coffee, a person needs to drink around 1200 cups, with each of them containing a caffeine content of 100 grams.
• One acre of land with coffee trees can produce up to ten thousand pounds of coffee fruits, which in turn yields some 2000 pounds of coffee beans.