| Caffeine is the single most important ingredient in one | | | | all of the world's coffee is grown close to the Earth's |
| of the most consumed beverage in the world. For | | | | equator. Regions close to the equator growing coffee |
| millions around the world, coffee is the drink that | | | | include: Latin America, Africa, Arabia and Asia/Pacific. |
| jump-starts the day. It is a combination of the addictive | | | | There are some coffees that are a multi-regional |
| nature and the energy rush that keeps people loyal to | | | | blend, which combine regions such as Latin America |
| their "joe". Why is coffee so popular? | | | | and Africa to create a unique mixture of coffee. |
| It is theorized that coffee originally began in Ethiopia. | | | | Among the many variety of coffee beans, the two |
| However, Ethiopians did not actually drink coffee. | | | | most popular and commercially cultivated are the |
| Rather than grind and dilute the beans, Ethiopians used | | | | Arabica and Robusta bean. It is the Arabica bean that |
| animal fat as a wrap and consumed the beans as a | | | | is more valued yet contains less caffeine. The |
| meal. It was the Turkish who were first to grind the | | | | Robusta bean is more commercially valued, contains |
| beans and consume coffee as a drink. In Arabia, the | | | | more caffeine and produces a less valuable form of |
| exportation of coffee was considered illegal because | | | | coffee because it is inexpensive. |
| they so highly valued their coffee beans and wanted | | | | While it's a widely known fact that the main ingredient |
| coffee circulated only within their country. It wasn't until | | | | in coffee i.e. caffeine, is a stimulant, it also contains an |
| the 1500s that coffee entered Europe. It is John Smith | | | | unknown chemical factor that produces cortisol and |
| who is credited with importing coffee to North | | | | adrenaline. Additionally, some people are allergic to |
| America during 1607. In 1773, the infamous "Boston | | | | caffeine. But there is hope. Decaffeinated coffee has |
| Tea Party" left all of America without tea leaving only | | | | most of the caffeine removed from the bean. It should |
| coffee as the main beverage. | | | | be noted that caffeine is an addictive agent. So be |
| Currently, coffee is grown in a variety of different | | | | careful and drink your coffee in moderation. There are |
| locations, including up to 50 various countries. Brazil is | | | | some healthy advantages to drinking coffee. Drinking |
| the number one supplier of coffee worldwide. | | | | coffee in moderation can help prevent some types of |
| Columbia is the second largest supplier of coffee. | | | | cancers: colon, bladder and even cirrhosis of the liver. |
| America drinks, consumes and purchases more than | | | | Although there are benefits to drinking coffee, be sure |
| one third of all of the world's coffee. Hawaii is the only | | | | to note that coffee is by no means a replacement for |
| American state that grows coffee. Because a warm | | | | other medication or supplements that help provide |
| and humid temperature is necessary to grow coffee, | | | | nutrition to the body. |