Coffee Uses and Facts

Europeans used to call coffee “Arabian Wine”.
The global spread of coffee cultivation and consumption in Ethiopia.
The word “coffee” came from the Arabic “qahhwat al-bun” which means “wine of the bean”.
Coffee trees produce red berries and coffee beans are actually green seeds inside the berries.
In ancient Arab culture, if men did not provide enough coffee, a woman could legally divorce.
For a lethal dose of caffeine, it would take roughly 100 cups of coffee.
Brazil is the world’s biggest producer of coffee.
In 1906, American inventor George Washington invented instant coffee.
It is said that French writers Voltaire and Balzac drank 50 cups of coffee per day.
Netherlands ranks first in coffee consumption with 2.4 cups a day.
Over 2 billion cups of coffee are consumed in the world every day.
Coffee contains lots of antioxidants, which protect the cells from the damage caused by “free radicals”. Seems that our body absorbs more antioxidants from it rather than from fruit and vegetables which also contain lots of antioxidants.

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Drinking coffee may lower your risk of diseases like type 2 Diabetes, heart disease and Parkinson’s disease.
Caffeine increases your metabolism up to 10%, so drinking coffee can help you burn fat.
Its consumption can lead to iron deficiency and it can cause anxiety, so you should limit your coffee consumption if having problems with anxiety disorders.

Moderate coffee drinking can alleviate headaches, but drinking too much of it can cause them.
Drinking coffee is a perfect solution for preventing dizziness caused by low blood pressure, especially after eating.
Drinking coffee and other beverages that contain caffeine can reduce your risk of developing gallstones.
Coffee grounds can be used as a fertilizer. Add small amounts of coffee grounds, once a month into the soil of plants like roses that like high acidity soil.
Coffee grounds are perfect as a composting agent, they help soil and compost to break down faster.
Put a tablespoon of coffee in a bag of your vacuum cleaner, it will eliminate the dusty smell.
The coffee ground can be used to eliminate the ants and insects from your home.
You can exfoliate your skin with coffee grounds mixed with some sweet almond oil. Rub it on the critical points before the shower.

Make your home coffee air freshener by putting some fresh ground coffee beans into a small open container. You can place it in the fridge or freezer for absorbing food odors or in your drawers and cabinets by putting ground coffee beans in a small cloth bags.
Ground coffee beans can be placed on the bottom of the jar in which you preserve sugar because it absorbs moisture, keeping it away from the sugar.
To make your hair shine you can try adding some coffee ground to your shampoo, but add a really small amount if you don’t want to find yourself removing coffee grounds for days from your hair.
Some recommend to use coffee grounds to unclog your kitchen or bathroom drains, but coffee grounds are one of the drain’s worst enemies, they will only clog your drain more than it already is.