• 21. In Greece and Turkey, the oldest person is most always served their coffee first.
• 22. In the ancient Arab world, coffee became such a staple in family life that one of the causes allowed by law for marital separation was a husband's refusal to produce coffee for his wife.
• 23. Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
• 24. In the last three centuries, 90% of all people living in the Western world have switched from tea to coffee.
• 25. Coffee represents 75% of all the caffeine consumed in the United States.
• 26. Those British are sophisticated people, in almost everything except their choice of coffee. They still drink instant ten-to-one over fresh brewed.
• 27. Japan ranks Number 3 in the world for coffee consumption.
• 28. In Japan, coffee shops are called Kissaten.
• 29. Over 10,000 coffee cafes plus several thousand vending machines with both hot and cold coffee serve the needs of Tokyo alone.
• 30. For reducing wrinkles and improving their skin, the Japanese have been known to bathe in coffee grounds fermented with pineapple pulp.
• 31. The world can be divided into nations of coffee drinkers and nations of tea drinkers.
• 32. The average annual coffee consumption of the American adult is 26.7 gallons, or over 400 cups.
• 33. In 1990, over 4 billion dollars of coffee was imported into the United States.
• 34. Coffee is the most popular beverage worldwide with over 400 billion cups consumed each year.
• 35. Coffee, as a world commodity, is second only to oil.
• 36. Only about 20% of harvested coffee beans are considered to be a premium bean of the highest quality.
• 37. The Arabica is the original coffee plant. It still grows wild in Ethiopia.
• 38. The 2,000 Arabica coffee cherries it takes to make a roasted pound of coffee are normally picked by hand as they ripen. Since each cherry contains two beans, it takes about 4,000 Arabica beans to make a pound of roasted coffee.
• 39. Coffee sacks are usually made of hemp and weigh approximately 132 pounds when they are full of green coffee beans. It takes over 600,000 beans to fill a coffee sack.
• 40. Until the late 1800's, people roasted their coffee at home. Popcorn poppers and stove-top frying pans were favored.