17 Things You Didn't Know About Your Morning Coffee

17 Things You Didn't Know About Your Morning Coffee People of the United States are responsible for of this consumption 35% 1.7 BILLION Compared to 1.6 billion cans of the leading cola cups of coffee are consumed That's about 300 million people drinking about 400 million cups of coffee every day worldwide every day The espresso machine used to deliver your morning coffee was invented in 1901 in Italy by Luigi Bezzera, who based his machine on a basic French design from 1822. Luigi saw a need for a machine that produced coffee quickly, so that his staff didn't take Such long coffee breaks. EXTRA! EXTRA! The first advertisement for coffee in a U.S. newspaper in 1790 Coffee houses were extremely popular in Europe in the 1700s, including Leipzig, where J.S. Bach lived These days, Italy has more than Johan Sebastian Bach wrote 200,000 a satirical cantata about coffee addiction in 1732 espresso bars 65% of coffee drinks are consumed at breakfast Between 200 and 300 cups are served at the average espresso drive-thru per day The Specialty Coffee Association of America estimates that the specialty coffee industry brought in $12.2 BILLION nsales in 2006. More than 75% of this is spent in cafes and coffee shops Coffee is one of the highest traded commodities in the world, second only to oil C FFEE Addiction to coffee was considered to be a social problem in the 1700s Men say that coffee helps them get the job done, while women say it's a good way to relax In 2011, the average price of an $2.45 espresso based drink is DECEMBER If you bought an espresso machine for $200 and had 1 coffee every day you would break even in 81.63 DAYS Brought to you by www.EspressoMachineAdvisor.com SOURCES| www.scaa.org | www.ncausa.Org www.suite101.com | www.wikipeda.org | www.e-mportz.com | www.franchisedirect.com