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 You know when they decaffeinate coffee, well, just what do they do with the caffeine they take out of the beans? They used to throw it away into the garbage. These days they figured out they could be “green” and make a profit by selling it to the pharmaceutical companies. I’ll have some caffeine coffee-flavored pills, pah-leez.
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 What is consumed so much in the United States that it represents 75% of all caffeine consumed? Duh, Coffee. We all could have answered that one before our first morning cup. I thought you needed an easy lob over the net. Good, wasn’t it?!
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 True or False: Some green coffee beans are actually stored for years before they get around to roasting the little gems. True. Why? Well, if they manage to store the beans in a proper manner, some experts hold the belief that certain beans actually improve with age. And to think I got my chops busted for trying to preserve ground coffee in the freezer. Because these guys are “experts” they are qualified to do weird and get away with it…
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 The famous writer and French philosopher François-Marie Arouet known by his penname Voltaire loved to drink coffee. Just how much did he drink in a day? 50 cups. No wonder the guy was wired for sound!
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 More about roasting coffee beans: When the beans begin to cool, just how many chemical substances do they release that make up those awesome aromas? About 700. OK, sign me up for roasting duty so I can get high on the fumes for free. Wow, what do you think that does to your brain on prolonged exposure? Volunteers, anyone?
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 We all studied American history about the Boston Tea Party where the ticked off colonists were angry about the heavy tea tax imposed on us in 1773 and dumped chests of tea into the Boston harbor. What new custom became an expression of freedom after that? Drinking coffee, of course, the beverage of angry rebels. That might explain our country’s temperament all these centuries later.
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 When did milk in your coffee become popular? It was recommended by a French physician in the 1680’s as café au lait for medicinal purposes. (And we have been following his prescription ever since in Louisiana all these centuries later!)
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 By the time of the Civil War in the United States what suddenly became a newly issued food ration to the soldiers because of its popularity? Coffee beans. I wonder if they had to roast their own blend.
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 By 1900 what could you expect to be delivered to your door in the United States by horse-pulled wagons besides blocks of ice? Coffee. Door-to-door salesmen, the kind you like to see coming.
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 How do Italians regard the drinking of expresso? For them it is a separate event, given a special time of celebration and not drunk during meals. Expresso is the new holy water. Hey! Don’t look at me like that. I figured that out when I visited Rome one year! The Pope (Papa) and expresso are Italians’ two favorite subjects to discuss with admiration.
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