There is no country in the world that doesn't consume coffee as it is present everywhere. This beverage has a interesting history which involves certain chance occurrences, political intrigue and pursuit of wealth and power.
There is one story that properties of coffee were first noticed by a sheep herder named Kaldi from Caffa, Ethiopia in 600 AD. His sheep ate the fruit or red cherries and became over-active, the herder also tried them and it had the same effect.
A sheep herder named kaldi from Caffa, Ethopia observed the aftermath of Coffee beans on the conduct of sheep when he tended his sheep around 600 A.D. He observed that the sheep became hyperactive after eating the red "Cherries" from a certain plant when they changed pastures. He himself ate some cherries and found he became as overactive as his herd. The story relates that a monk happened by and scolded him for "parataking of the devil's fruit". Afterward, the monks soon discovered that eating fruit from the shing green plant could help them to remain awake for their prayers.
He tried a few himself, and was soon as overactive as his herd. The story relates that a monk happened by and scolded him for "partaking of the devil's fruit." However the monks soon discovered that this fruit from the shiny green plant could help them stay awake for their prayers.
A team led by professor Ichiro Truji, at Tohoku University, a state-run university in Sendai, in North East Japan collected the data based on a study of about 61,000 adults.
The professor said that the coffee helped to reduce the risk of cirrhosis, and the chlorogenic acid present in coffee beans has not able to find the substance in coffee which appeared to curb liver cancer.
People who drink more than a cup of coffee a day are less likely to develop liver cancer than those who do not, Japanese researchers say. A team at Tohoku University, a state-run university in Sendai, in north-east Japan, compiled the data based on a study of about 61,000 adults.
Professor Ichiro Tsuji, who led the study, said the team has yet to pinpoint the substance in coffee which appeared to curb liver cancer. But he said coffee helped lower the risk of cirrhosis, and that chlorogenic acid, present in coffee beans, had proven in an animal study to reduce the risk of liver cancer.
It is not so easy to buy just a pound of coffee these days as there are numerous coffee shops all round that offer flavored coffee, imported coffee and coffee with snap and body.
Buying a pound of coffee used to be easy. But not any more.
Coffee shops abound. They offer flavored coffees, imported coffees, coffees with snap and body.
Indonesian beans: Indonesian beans produced the heaviest, most full-bodied cup of coffee. Hailing from Java and Sumatra, the brew is thicker than most but not as aromatic.
It is a good dessert coffee and very suitable to flavoring with milk and sugar.
African beans: The coffee produced in Africa is of medium aroma and body with good snap. Those who like very flavorful coffees will like those from Kenya and Tanzania.
South American Coffee of central and South America is the one which offers moderate body, aroma and snap and is widely used for most breakfast blends.
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