Back in the day

Coffee is the most popular drink world wide with over 400 billion cups consumed each year. On average, men drink more coffee than women. (1.7 cups per day verses 1.5 cups) About half of all American adults start their day with a cup of coffee.

For reducing wrinkles and improving skin, the Japanese have been known to bathe in coffee ground fermented with pineapple pulp. Ice coffee in a cup has been popular in Japan since 1945.

Turkish law makes it legal for a woman to divorce her husband if he fails to provide her with her daily quota of coffee.

The first European coffee was sold in pharmacies in 1615 as a medical remedy. Coffee was known in Europe as Arabian wine.

Raw coffee beans soaked in water and spices are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.

Coffee represents three quarters of all caffeine consumed in the United States of America.