COFFEE FACTS TRIVIA AND HISTORY
THERE ARE TWO CAFFEINE FREE COFFEE PLANTS CALLED LIBERICA AND EXCELSA
ALL COFFEE PLANTS TRACE ROOTS BACK TO AFRICA, SPECIFICALLY, AS MOST EXPERTS AGREE IN ABYSSINIA OR WHAT WE KNOW AS ETHIOPIA
THE FIRST EUROPEANS TO GROW THE COFFEE PLANT FOR COMMERCIAL USE
WERE THE DUTCH.
DUTCH GUYANA HELPED TO SPREAD THE CULTIVATED PRODUCT THROUGH THE COLONIES
THE FINEST AND MOST HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER BEANS NORMALLY GROW FROM BETWEEN 300 AND 800M ABOVE SEA LEVEL IN THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF JAMAICA
TYPES OF COFFEE PLANTS ARE ARABICA FROM ARABIA LIBERICA FROM ANGOLA CANEOHORA OR ROBUSTA FROM THE CONGO EXCELSA FROM THE CONGO
TWO FAMOUS CAFE'S THAT HAVE MADE HISTORY; ONE WHERE CASNOVA WAS A CUSTOMER OF FLORIAN'S CAFE WHICH FIRST OPENED HIS BOTEGA THEN KNOWN AS VINEZIA TRIONFANTE AT THE END OF DECEMBER IN 1720'S. THE OTHER IL CAFFE PEDROCCHI IN PADOVA CITY THE CITY WITHOUT DOORS, OF MEADOWS WITHOUT GRASS AND OF A SAINT WITHOUT A NAME, THE CAFE OPENED IN 1831, BUILT ON THE DRAWINGS OF THE CREATIVE ARCHITECT GIUSEPPE JAPPELLI.
ESPRESSO COFFEE MUST NOT CONTAIN ANY ADDITIVES OR FLAVORINGS AND MUST HAVE NO WATER ADDED OTHER THAN THAT BLOWN THROUGH THE COFFEE.
CERTIFIED ITALIAN ESPRESSO IS COFFEE THAT CONFORMS TO THE STRICT PRODUCTION REQUIREMENTS DRAWN UP BY THE ITALIAN NATIONAL ESPRESSO INSTITUTE UNDER ISO STANDARD 45011 CERTIFICATE NO, 214
CAFFINE POISONING CAN AND DOES HAPPEN IT MAY BE RECOGNIZED BY INSOMNIA, AGITATION,ANOREXIA,VOMITING,DEHYDRATION (just ask mr. cappuccino)
SOURCES:
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