In international trade the green coffee beans are commonly used due to their suitability for long-term storage in contrast to roasted and especially ground coffee.
According to the most common legend, tonic properties of coffee were discovered by Ethiopian shepherd named Kaldi, who noticed, that after eating the dense leaves and red berries in day, his goatsbehave excitedly at night for no apparent reason. He told about this strange case to the monastery abbot, who decided to try the effect of unusual grains by himself.
- Coffee improves your ability to concentration, especially in moments of fatigue.
- Oriental coffee is brewed in so-called cezva. Various spices such as cinnamon or cardamom can be used during the preparation.
Voltaire drank 50 cups of coffee a day and lived till a venerable age of 83 years. He died of prostate cancer, suffering of severe pain during the last few years, which he tried to soothe by taking opium.
Ludwig van Beethoven was an ardent admirer of coffee and always brewed it of 60 or 64 beans.
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