An Ultimate Guide To Whole Coffee Beans

WHOLE COFFEE BEANS FACTS YOU DID NOT KNOW ABOUT

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Introduction

Are you aware of the fact that coffee beans are not something that grows on trees or bushes but it is the seed of a cherry that grows on a bush? Even though we are now in the third wave of coffee, but still there is so much which is unknown to us. There is also so much misconception among people that coffee originated in Italy but it actually came from Ethiopia and it only came to Italy in the 1880s. It is where espresso was invented.

OKBF is an Arabica coffee bean company situated in the US and is one of the finest coffee bean-producing companies. The beans are sourced directly from the farmlands of Columbia, South & Central America, and Brazil. The java beans are artisanally roasted and delivered directly to your doorstep. The website comes with a superb feature of a coffee calculator that can aid you in counting your daily requirements. Today we are going to share with you some awesome lesser-known facts about coffee that you did not know. Happy reading!

Interesting Facts About Coffee Beans

#1AHappyWife MeansAHappyLife

You might have read the above point twice, as to not be able to comprehend the fact but it's the truth and not just an old saying. It actually dates back to the rule in Istanbul in the 15th century where it is believed to be a rule that the woman had the power to have a divorce from her husband if he was not able to provide her with the coffee needs that she had. There is also a phrase in a verse of a song named “ The Work and Wages Party” which is from the 1900s, which also gives us evidence of such a rule.

Bach:CoffeeCantata

This one is a really interesting story about a woman’s love for coffee. Bach's Cello Suite is certainly well known to everyone, but have you ever heard of his bizarre comedy opera, Coffee Cantata? It's a duet in which the father chastises his daughter for drinking too much coffee and accuses her of being unattractive to suitors, and the daughter refuses to give up her habit because she fears she'll become an old dried up roasted goat if she does. The father and daughter trade verses back and forth until he issues her with an ultimatum: either stop drinking coffee or he won't let her get married. She tells a fib at the moment and consents. She tells each of her potential husbands that she will not marry them unless they sign a prenuptial agreement that would permit her to consume as much coffee as she pleases. Bach composed the song at the time to address the escalating issues related to coffee use and the types of coffee drinkers. Coffee shops were somewhat boisterous back then. There, men and women would socialize without the required chaperones as musicians went to parties. When this article was created, there were ideas that specialty coffee was "Satan's drink" or the devil's concoction.

#3Coffee,Brazil,And The1932Olympics

It's not widely recognized that Brazil's 1932 Olympic participation was made possible by coffee. Since the Olympics were being held in Los Angeles that year during The Great Depression, several nations, including Brazil, couldn't afford to send teams there. Brazil devised a clever strategy to get their athletes there: they put them on the back of a cargo ship that was exporting coffee. The team only arrived in time for the ribbon cutting event because it was obvious that the ship had to stop a few times along the way to sell their coffee. Cuba and other nations had a similar concept. The Cubans attempted to bring a shipment of sugar, but because the price of sugar dropped at the time, they were unable to raise the funds. They turned around and were sent home as a result.

#4DecafIs99.9% Caffeine-Free

This one is yet another interesting fact for you to know. While this assertion is true, it also functions somewhat as a marketing ploy. It does not contain a falsehood, but it also does not provide the complete picture. Declaring that decaf is 99.9% caffeine free makes it sound as though they took a regular coffee bean and extracted 99.9% of the caffeine from it. Despite widespread assumptions, coffee beans contain more than just caffeine. Caffeine is merely one of the nearly 1000 chemical ingredients that make it up. A typical arabica bean is actually only 2% caffeine, which means it is already 98% caffeine-free. So, in reality, the amount of caffeine in a caffeinated vs a decaffeinated bean is only 1–1.9% different.

#5Revolutionary InventionforCoffee

Quentin Stafford Fraser and a group of 15 coworkers from the Systems Group Computing Department at Cambridge University shared a Trojan Room coffee pot in 1991. Only around three cups of coffee could now be made at once in the coffee pot. People would frequently go a great distance to the Trojan room from the other side of campus just to find that there was no coffee left when they arrived. Quentin used an old video camera, computer, and frame grabber that he had found to point them at the coffee maker and run a server application that was specially made to take pictures of the coffee at regular intervals. The Trojan room was connected to their local network, so anyone looking for coffee could always check if any were left before walking the long, arduous distance to it. It's crucial to remember that this occurred in 1991 because HTTP was still very new at the time and web browsers could only show text. So in a nutshell, Quentin invented the first webcam. When that happened, anyone on the globe could log on and view the coffee maker.

Conclusion

Well, we hope that the stories based on facts were quite intriguing. Are you looking for coffee beans to get you started in the morning, something that can pick you up in the afternoons, or something that you look forward to in the evenings?

Place an order for 100% Arabica coffee beans on the OKBF website to make premium quality specialty coffee from the comfort of your home! Also, we sure don't know all of the coffee facts out there, so feel free to comment with any fun coffee facts you know. Let’s have a “Brew-Tastic” conversation.

About Us

OKBF is more than just quality coffee. We are a community of coffee

lovers, who share experiences, create memories and long for the quality of life that starts in our coffee cup.

Coffee, the center point of our connections… and why quality matters. We have the strong belief in building long term connections with the very farms that grow the coffee we love to roast. Through tasting a range of coffees from each farm, we carefully selected our favorites to share with you. Responsibly sourced from exotic locations, roasted in small batches with love.