National Coffee Day: What have you bean up to? ☕

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Happy National Coffee Day!

National Coffee Day celebrates the diversity, quality and passion of the coffee sector. It's an opportunity for enthusiasts to share their love of this beverage and support the millions of farmers whose livelihoods depend on this aromatic plant.

The origins of coffee:

🤎No one knows exactly how or when coffee was discovered, although there are many legends about its origins.

🤎According to legend, Kaldi, a goatherd from the Ethiopian highlands, noticed that after eating the berries of a certain tree, his goats became so energetic that they could no longer sleep at night.

🤎Kaldi reported his findings to the abbot of the local monastery. The latter prepared a drink from the berries and found that it kept him awake during the long hours of evening prayer. The abbot shared his discovery with the other monks of the monastery, and knowledge of the energizing berries began to spread.

🤎As word spread eastward and coffee reached the Arabian Peninsula, a journey began that would take these beans all over the world.

🤎Later, many countries around the world celebrate their own national coffee days on various dates throughout the year.

Benefits of drinking coffee:

📜 According to a study published by Harvard University, coffee can also help fight depression and generally make people happier.

📜Coffee can help burn fat because it's considered a calorie-free beverage when drunk black, without milk or sugar.

📜Coffee is believed to be the largest source of antioxidants in the Western diet.

📜Coffee also contains a number of important nutrients, including niacin, magnesium (vitamin B3), potassium, manganese, pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) and riboflavin (vitamin B2).

📜Coffee has also been shown to dramatically increase physical performance.

Here is a list of popular coffee drinks in the world:

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Sources:

International Coffee Day

Coffee Day

Most popular coffees in the world

Questions:

☕ How do you take your coffee? Black or white? Sugar or no sugar?

☕ Do you like other foods or drinks when they are coffee flavored? How about coffee cake? Or coffee flavored milk?

☕ What are your favorite puns about coffee? clue

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