We All Love Coffee

Coffee Lovers Rejoice

If you didn't know, Coffee is the #1 drink in the world?  Coffee!! It is so popular, that it is the 2nd most traded physical product in the world after petroleum. Why is it so popular? The caffeine and stimulant properties of coffee help countless people start their morning by helping them wake up and tackle their day. It helps give people an energy boost to manage all that work they have to get done, it’s also known to refresh the body after eating those large restaurant or holiday meals.

You are probably asking yourself, how is coffee made, where does it come from?

The process of making coffee is by roasting the beans, beans which are picked from the berries of the genus coffea a small evergreen bush. In Asia, South America and Africa these bushes are most noticeable. After picked, the next step is to process and dry the beans, once complete they are now ready to be roasted. By altering the coffee beans process and roasting methods, we get alternate and multiple types of flavour.

There is a real art to brewing coffee, there are many, many ways to brew coffee to match individuals taste. For ex) espresso coffee is made by pressure brewing the ground beans. Milan is where espresso was invented during the early twentieth century. Espresso's thick and strong consistency is attributed to how it is brewed. Depending on your taste preference espresso can either be an extra boost for some people or too strong of a flavor for others.

Looking for some History?

History states the first cup of coffee was prepared in the mountains of Ethiopia during the 9th century when the goat herders realized their goats seemed to be more energetic after chewing on the bush. Coffee drinking then spread amongst Egypt and Yemen. Starting in the 15th century Muslims drank coffee throughout the world. It then began to migrate into Italy through Venice, but was first regarded and dismissed as the 'drink of Muslims'.

After the Italian adopted it, coffee started to become a regular drink, this soon then spread amongst first in Europe, then America and Indonesia. Now a days you see almost everyone in the world drinking their daily cup of coffee and not just regular coffee there are different flavors and methods to brewing it. We all like our coffee in different ways, some prefer instant coffee while others will have an espresso or an americano. Cultures in the Middle East and Eastern Europe use the sediment in the bottom of the pan to brew their coffee. Drinking coffee straight isn't the only option, it can be served with milk, cream, and sugar. Brewing coffee is dependent on individual taste.