Here are is a fact that you might not have known about coffee to consider as you enjoy your coffee and flapjack this morning.  More than 50% of U.S. adults drink at least one cup of coffee a day – but they are not the world’s largest coffee consumers. That honor belongs to Finland, followed by West Germany. Finland drinks about 5 cups of coffee per adult per day.

Here are is a fact that you might not have known about coffee to consider as you enjoy your coffee and flapjack this morning.  In the United States they import 30% of the world’s coffee crop. That’s a full 1/3rd of all coffee grown in the world. The average U.S. adult drinks 3.4 cups of coffee a day, or about 26 gallons of coffee a year.

Here are is a fact that you might not have known about coffee to consider as you enjoy your coffee and flapjack this morning.  Coffee cuppers have identified over 600 different unique flavors in coffee – rivaling the unique flavors that blend to make a glass of wine memorable. The flavor of coffee is dependent on region, climate and weather, and is affected by the way it is dried, stored and roasted.

Here are is a fact that you might not have known about coffee to consider as you enjoy your coffee and flapjack this morning.  Ground coffee loses its freshness the fastest because far more of the bean is exposed to air and light, which leach away the flavour. That’s why coffee tastes best if you grind it right before you brew it.

Green coffee beans keep for up to a year with no change in quality if they are kept in a cool, dry place.  Once the coffee beans are roasted, however, they begin to lose their flavor after about 48 hours.

Most of the tea that is consumed in the world is of the oxidised black tea variety; this makes up about 80% of all tea consumed. Oolong tea is consumed much less at about 2%. Green teas account for the remainder of tea consumption ~20%. There is also a geographical split with regards to the type of tea that is consumed.

Here are is a fact that you might not have known about coffee to consider as you enjoy your coffee and flapjack this morning.   Espresso has less caffeine than drip coffee. Espresso is made by forcing hot water through ground coffee under high pressure. This limits the amount of time that the water is in contact with the coffee beans, thus extracting the flavor but leaving a lot of the caffeine behind.

The tax on tea even started a war between England and America . America was then part of the British Empire and ruled by England . The Americans did not like the tax they had to pay on tea coming from England and in 1773 threw 340 chests of tea overboard in Boston – the famous Boston Tea Party. This was one of the causes of the American War of Independence.

Here are is a fact that you might not have known about coffee to consider as you enjoy your coffee and flapjack this morning.  While darker coffee roasts like French roast coffee seem stronger than light coffee roasts, they actually have less caffeine than their lighter counterparts. That’s because some of the caffeine is destroyed when the coffee beans are subjected to high heat for longer periods.