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Quotation[0] = "Over 53 countries grow coffee worldwide, but all of them lie along the equator between the tropic of Cancer and Capricorn.";
Quotation[1] = "An acre of coffee trees can produce up to 10,000 pounds of coffee cherries. That amounts to approximately 2,000 pounds of beans after hulling or milling.";
Quotation[2] = "The percolator was invented in 1827 by a French man.";
Quotation[3] = "The drip or filtered method is the most commonly used methods to brew coffee.";
Quotation[4] = "With the exception of Hawaii and Puerto Rico, no coffee is grown in the United States or its territories.";
Quotation[5] = "Up until the 1870s most coffee was roasted at home in a frying pan over a charcoal fire.";
Quotation[6] = "Each year some 7 million tons of green beans are produced world wide. Most of which is hand picked.";
Quotation[7] = "Coffee is the second most traded product in the world after oil.";
Quotation[8] = "World wide coffee production tips the scales at about 6 million metric tonnes.";
Quotation[9] = "It takes five years for a coffee tree to reach maturity.";
Quotation[10] = "The average yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of one roasted pound of coffee.";
Quotation[11] = "People who buy coffee primarily at drive through windows on their way to work will spend as much as 45 hours a year waiting in line.";
Quotation[12] = "Arabica and Robusta are the most extensively cultivated species of coffee trees in the world.";
Quotation[13] = "The first coffee house in Europe opened in Venice in 1683.";
Quotation[14] = "The largest coffee-producing nation, Brazil, is responsible for 30 to 40% of total world output.";
Quotation[15] = "In the late 1800s, Chase and Sanborn put out a flier on how to read the coffee grounds at the bottom of the cup (like a fortune teller).";
Quotation[16] = "Coffee cherries usually contain two \"beans\", except for the single bean peaberry anomaly. Cherries with three beans are deemed to be a sign of good luck.";
Quotation[17] = "A Belgian living in Guatemala invented the first instant coffee in 1906 and later immigrated to the United States. His name, ironically enough, was George Washington.";
Quotation[18] = "For every pound of gourmet coffee sold, small coffee farmers receive between 12¢ and 25¢.";
Quotation[19] = "The word coffee was originally Arabic and means 'excitement'.";
Quotation[20] = "While roasted coffee beans start to lose small amounts of flavor within two weeks, ground coffee begins to lose its flavor in minutes.";
Quotation[21] = "Dorothy Jones of Boston was the first American coffee trader. It was in 1670 that she was granted a license to sell coffee.";
Quotation[22] = "We use the term \"coffee beans\" even though they come from berries. It's because each coffee berry has two beans.";
Quotation[23] = "Shade coffee plants can produce crops of beans for up to 50 years.";
Quotation[24] = "Shade-grown coffee is cultivated in specific ways that help protect biodiversity.";
Quotation[25] = "Sun coffee plants produce crops of beans for only 10 to 15 years.";
Quotation[26] = "Coffee is the most popular drink worldwide with over 500 billion cups consumed each year.";
Quotation[27] = "It takes 42 coffee beans to make an espresso.";
Quotation[28] = "Espresso contains less caffeine than any other roast.";
Quotation[29] = "Cappuccino is so named because of the drink's peak of foam, which resembles the cowl of a Capuchin friar's habit.";
Quotation[30] = "Robusta Coffee has twice the amount of caffeine as Arabica.";
Quotation[31] = "An ordinary cup of coffee contains about 150 milligrams of caffeine - a 'therapeutic dose'.";
Quotation[32] = "On average, men drink more coffee than women.";
Quotation[33] = "37% of coffee drinkers drink their coffee black; the others add sugar.";
Quotation[34] = "57% of coffee is drunk at breakfast; 34% between meals and 13% at other meals.";
Quotation[35] = "Almost half of all American adults drink a cup of coffee to start their day.";
Quotation[36] = "80% of Americans consume caffeine on a daily basis and even though it is a drug, it has never been proven harmful by any health or medical organization.";
Quotation[37] = "It is estimated that more than 100 million Americans drink a total of 350 million cups of coffee a day.";
Quotation[38] = "The USA imports 2.5 million pounds coffee, representing 1/3 of all coffee exported.";
Quotation[39] = "Coffee represents three-quarters of all the caffeine consumed in the USA.";
Quotation[40] = "To drink coffee in the USA was an expression of freedom, as there was a heavy tax on tea.";
Quotation[41] = "The first European coffee was sold in pharmacies in 1615 as a medical remedy.";
Quotation[42] = "Drinking coffee in Italy is considered a separate event and is given its own time.";
Quotation[43] = "In Turkey, the oldest person is almost always served their coffee first.";
Quotation[44] = "In the ancient Arab world, coffee became such a staple part of family life that one of the causes allowed by law for marital separation was a husband's refusal to produce coffee for his wife.";
Quotation[45] = "To reduce wrinkles and improving their skin, the Japanese have been known to bathe in coffee grounds fermented with pineapple pulp.";
Quotation[46] = "Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.";
Quotation[47] = "Bach wrote a coffee cantata in 1732.";
Quotation[48] = "Over 25 million people are employed in the coffee industry.";
Quotation[49] = "After brewing, espresso coffee contains 2.5% fat and filter coffee contains 0.6% fat.";
Quotation[50] = "Coffee grows in more than 50 countries.";
Quotation[51] = "Coffee is the second most traded product in the world after oil.";
Quotation[52] = "Coffee is the second most traded product in the world after oil.";
Quotation[53] = "In January 2004, The International Olympic Committee (IOC) removed caffeine from its list of banned substances.";
Quotation[54] = "A Saudi Arabian woman may divorce her husband if he refuses to give her coffee.";
Quotation[55] = "Americans consume 4,848 cups of coffee per second, 24 hours a day.";
Quotation[56] = "In Turkey, in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, anyone caught drinking coffee was put to death.";
Quotation[57] = "Coffee is the second largest item on international commerce in the world.";
Quotation[58] = "A single coffee tree yields only one pound of roasted, ground coffee annually.";
Quotation[59] = "A cup of drip brewed coffee has 115 mg of caffeine, an espresso has about 80 mg, instant coffee has about 65 mg, and decaffeinated coffee has about 3 mg.";
Quotation[60] = "With more than 25 million people employed in the industry, coffee is second only to oil in world trade.";
Quotation[61] = "A survey of Americans showed that coffee was the most memorable smell followed by peanut butter and Vick's <i>Vaporub</i>.";
Quotation[62] = "The word \"tip\" is also related to coffee. It comes from old London coffeehouses where the waiters' brass boxes were etched with the inscription, \"To Insure Promptness.\"";
Quotation[63] = "The US Navy used to serve alcoholic beverages on board ships. However when Admiral Josephus \"Joe\" Daniels became Chief of Naval Operations, he outlawed alcohol on board ships, except for very special occasions.";
Quotation[64] = "Coffee then became the drink of choice, hence the term \"Cup of Joe\".";
Quotation[65] = "Finland consumes the most coffee per capita at 12.82kg.";
Quotation[66] = "Around the year 1000 AD, Ethiopians concocted a type of wine from coffee berries, fermenting the dried beans in water.";
Quotation[67] = "Our sense of smell, more than any of our other senses, makes our final judgement on coffee. ";
Quotation[68] = "Coffee, along with beer and peanut butter, is on the national list of the \"ten most recognizable odors\".";
Quotation[69] = "Nomadic tribes preserved the coffee cherries to transport them long distances.";
Quotation[70] = "The Italians drink their espresso with sugar, the Germans and Swiss - with equal parts of hot chocolate, the Mexicans - with cinnamon, the Belgians - with chocolate. Moroccans drink their coffee with peppercorns, the Ethiopians - with a pinch of salt. Coffee drinkers in the Middle East usually add cardamom and spices. Whipped cream is the favourite amongst Austrians.";
Quotation[71] = "The Egyptians are extremely fond of pure and strong coffee. They seldom add sugar to it, nor milk nor cream. They serve unsweeteened coffee to mourners and sweeteened coffee at weddings.";
Quotation[72] = "Will's in Covent Garden became a favourite meeting place for writers and poets. Many famous people, including Dr. Johnson, who compiled the first English Dictionary, visited the Turk's Head Coffee House.";
Quotation[73] = "Louis XV was rumoured to have spent USD15,000/- per year on coffee for his daughters. And Voltaire supposedly drank 50 cups a day.";
Quotation[74] = "The Turks brought coffee to Austria when their army surrounded Vienna in 1683, laying siege to the city.";
Quotation[75] = "In 1785, the coffee revolt broke out in Prussia because coffee consumption was restricted to the nobility, the clergy and high officials.";
Quotation[76] = "The three biggest coffee drinkers in the world are the Americans, the French and the Germans. They consume some 65% of the total world's consumption of coffee.";
Quotation[77] = "In the 17th century, for unknown reasons, an English king forbade his subjects to congregate anywhere coffee was sold.";
Quotation[78] = "A healthy coffee tree will produce only about <i>five</i> pounds of green beans a year? Of this, only about <i>one-fifth</i> meets the rigid sorting standards to be sold as \"Specialty Coffee\".";
Quotation[79] = "Until the tenth century, coffee was considered a food! Ethiopian tribesmen would mix the coffee berries with animal fat, roll them into balls, and eat them on their nomadic journeys!";
Quotation[80] = "When coffee supplies became scarce during the American Civil War, soldiers desperate for a cup of coffee used roasted sweet potato and Indian corn as a substitute!";
Quotation[81] = "On average, men drink more coffee than women (1.7 cups per day vs 1.5 cups).";
Quotation[82] = "Decaffeinated coffee sales are at their highest in January due to people's New Year resolutions.";
Quotation[83] = "The French philosopher, Voltaire, reportedly drank fifty cups of coffee a day.";
Quotation[84] = "With alcohol forbidden by the Koran in the early 1400's coffee soon became the replacement drink.";
Quotation[85] = "Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.";
Quotation[86] = "The human body will absorb just 300 milligrams of caffeine at a given time.";
Quotation[87] = "The Arabs flavoured their coffee with spices during the brewing process.";
Quotation[88] = "Black coffee (without sugar or milk) does not contain calories (less than 1 Kcal). ";
Quotation[89] = "The popularity of dark roasted coffee is high in Southern Europe.";
Quotation[90] = "In contrast to what most people think, coffee does not grow in plain brown beans, but in red berries carrying green beans (two beans per berry).";
Quotation[91] = "Coffee has many different varieties, more than 60!";
Quotation[92] = "During roasting the coffee beans dry out and the sugars in the beans start to caramelise.";

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