15 unknown facts about coffee, such as "The world's first web camera was set up to check the remaining amount of coffee"

ByMillefeuillekun

Coffee, which is now loved all over the world, was banned as being "toxic" in the past because it attracts people. Fifteen unknown facts about coffee, such as human experiments using coffee and the commitment of coffee lovers' great men, are summarized in the movie.

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◆ 01: Beethoven and coffee
First of all,BeethovenFrom the knowledge about. Beethoven is a large coffee lover, it is said that 60 coffee beans were counted in order to put a cup of coffee and had a tasty coffee as breakfast.


◆ 02: Human body experiment of coffee
Subsequently, King of SwedenGustav III of the worldAnd about coffee relations. Coffee was banned in Sweden in 1746 as "harmful". To check the safety of the coffee, Gustav III gave 20 cups of coffee every day to one of the twin prisoners and 20 tea drinks on the other side. As a result, the prisoner who continued to drink tea was 83 years old The result was that it got lost, and the safety of coffee was proved.


◆ 03: Russians were drinking beer instead of coffee
Next on the treatment of coffee in Russia. Currently it is coffee that is often drunk with breakfast, but in Russia in 1777 it was said that "a drink beer with breakfast" touched on. Therefore, it seems that people drank beer from morning, not coffee.


◆ 04: Origin of coffee
Regarding the discovery of coffee, there is a theory that a boy whose goat keeps is the first discoverer. The boy noticed that the goat that ate the shrub of the shrub is excited and the director of the monaster who heard the story himself tried the efficacy himself, "It was very refreshing." Coffee from thereRequired as "Magical Fruit"It was like becoming.


◆ 05: Coffee as a food
Also, in Africa, coffee beans were eaten as "drinks of energy", not as drinks.


◆ 06: Why do you consume the most coffee in the world?
America is known as the world's largest coffee consuming country, but if you calculate it as per person coffee consumption, the Finnish people are actually drinking the most coffee in the world.


◆ 07: Caffeiness Coffee
Decafé coffeeCaffeine-free beansAlthough it is used, the removed caffeine will be sold to carbonated beverage manufacturing companies and pharmaceutical companies afterwards.


◆ 08: Chock full o'Nuts
In the United States there is nobody I do not know about famous coffee brandsChock full o'NutsWas a shop that sells beans, not coffee.


◆ 09: Balzac and coffee
A novelistBalzacIt is said that 50 cups a day consumed coffee, realizing a superhuman writing pace.


◆ 10: Relationship between the Olympics and coffee
In 1932,Los Angeles OlympicsWas held, but the players in Brazil came on board with coffee and they got to the United States with money got selling coffee.


◆ 11: Origin of Starbucks Company Name
The company name of Starbucks is a novel "A white whaleThe starbuck of the navigator who appeared in "I was attached because it liked coffee.


◆ 12: World's first webcam
It was in 1993 that the web camera was first utilized in the world. Researchers at the Faculty of Computer Science at Cambridge University began installing webcams to check if coffee was in the coffee pot. Coffee has also played a part in the evolution of technology.


◆ 13: The Civil War
Also in the Civil War many soldiers are coffee addiction, inspiring soldiers, it is said that both armed forces have struggled to obtain coffee beans. Soldiers at the forefront of the Confederate and the Union Army seemed to have negotiated coffee beans secretly.


◆ 14: Coffee producing area in the USA
Until now, only Hawaii was producing coffee beans in the US, but in recent years it has also been produced in California and Georgia.


◆ 15: Which is the most expensive coffee in the world?
The most expensive coffee beans in the world are "Copy Ruak"It was taken out of Hun who excreted musk cat. The price is 500 grams and it is about 500 dollars (about 59,000 yen). Incidentally,In Thailand, coffee taken from 1 500 cup of elephant's hun is also sold.