17 Things You Didn’t Know About Your Morning Coffee Infographic
17 Things You Didn’t Know About Your Morning Coffee
- 1.7 billion cups of coffee are consumed every day worldwide compared to 1.6 billion cans of Coca Cola.
- People of the United States are responsible for 35% of this consumption
- That’s about 300 million people drinking about 400 million cups of coffee every day.
- The espresso machine used to deliver your morning coffee was invented in 1901 in Italy by Luigi Bezzera, who based his machine on a basic French design from 1822. Luigi saw a need for a machine that produced coffee quickly, so that his staff didn’t take such long coffee breaks.
- The first advertisement for coffee was in a U.S. newspaper in 1790.
- Johann Sebastian Bach wrote a satirical cantata about coffee addiction in 1732.
- Coffee houses were extremely popular in Europe in the 1700s, including Leipzig, where J.S. Bach lived.
- These days, Italy has more than 200,000 espresso bars.
- 65% of coffee drinks are consumed at breakfast.
- Between 200 and 300 cups are served at the average espresso drive-thru per day
- The Specialty Coffee Association of America estimates that the specialty coffee industry brought in $12.2 billion in sales in 2006.
- More than 75% of this is spent in cafes and coffee shops.
- Coffee is one of the highest traded commodities in the world, second only to oil.
- Addiction to coffee was considered a social problem in the 1700s.
- Men say that coffee helps them get the job done, while women say it’s a good way to relax.
- In 2011, the average price of an espresso based drink was $2.45
- If you bought an espresso machine for $200 and had 1 coffee every day you would break even in 81.63 days.
