Perk Up Your Afternoon
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- Coffee Basics
-- Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds - of berries from certain Coffea species. It is darkly colored, bitter, - slightly acidic and has a stimulating effect in humans, primarily due to - its caffeine content. -
-- Coffee plants are now cultivated in over 70 countries and is one of the - most popular drinks in the world. It can be prepared and presented in a - variety of ways (e.g., espresso, French press, caffè latte). It is - usually served hot, although iced coffee is a popular alternative. -
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+ Coffee Basics
++ Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the + seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. It is darkly + colored, bitter, slightly acidic and has a stimulating effect in + humans, primarily due to its caffeine content. +
++ Coffee plants are now cultivated in over 70 countries and is one + of the most popular drinks in the world. It can be prepared and + presented in a variety of ways (e.g., espresso, French press, + caffè latte). It is usually served hot, although iced coffee is a + popular alternative. +
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- Dates back to 800 A.D.
-- Legend has it that 9th-century goat herders noticed the effect caffeine - had on their goats, who appeared to "dance" after eating the fruit of - the Coffea plant. A local monk then made a drink with the produce and - found that it kept him awake at night, thus the original cup of coffee - was born. -
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- Technically seeds
-- Coffee beans are technically seeds. They're the pits of the cherry-like - berries found on the flowering shrubs, but we call them "beans" because - of the resemblance to legumes. -
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+ Dates back to 800 A.D.
++ Legend has it that 9th-century goat herders noticed the effect + caffeine had on their goats, who appeared to "dance" after eating + the fruit of the Coffea plant. A local monk then made a drink with + the produce and found that it kept him awake at night, thus the + original cup of coffee was born. +
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+ Technically seeds
++ Coffee beans are technically seeds. They're the pits of the + cherry-like berries found on the flowering shrubs, but we call + them "beans" because of the resemblance to legumes. +
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+ Banned in the past
++ Back in 1511, leaders in Mecca believed it stimulated radical + thinking and outlawed the drink. Some 16th-century Italian + clergymen also tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be + "satanic." However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he + lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600. +
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- Banned in the past
-- Back in 1511, leaders in Mecca believed it stimulated radical thinking - and outlawed the drink. Some 16th-century Italian clergymen also tried - to ban coffee because they believed it to be "satanic." However, Pope - Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee - baptized in 1600. -
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