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We travel the world in search of great coffee. In the process, we discover beans so special and rare that we can’t wait to bring them home and share.



Some Interesting Coffee Facts

  • Coffee is the world’s second most valuable traded commodity, only behind petroleum.
  • People on our green earth consume 2.2 billion cups of coffee EVERY DAY!
  • Coffee beans aren’t beans. They are berries.
  • By drinking coffee, it will increase a person’s blood flow.
  • It is believed that coffee was discovered by a goat herder
  • “Wine of the bean” is the Arabic word for coffee.
  • The cappuccino was named after Capuchin friars because its color resembles the Capuchin robe..
  • Brazil is the world’s largest producer of coffee for over 150 years.
  • Nearly half of the caffeine a person consumes could be cleared out from their body within 5 hours. But it takes about 24 hours for the body to completely eliminate it.
  • It has been discovered that coffee can reverse liver damage caused by excessive alcohol drinking.
Bonus fact!

In Italian espresso means “when something is forced out.”