The 10 best anecdotes about coffee in the world

Make yourself comfortable, don’t forget to help yourself to taxes of yours coffee favorite and get ready to discover the stories the most surprising on one of the French’s favorite drinks. Between myths, legends and records and surprises, Café Méo offers you its TOP 10 anecdotes the most incredible coffee stories in the world. You’ll never look at your cup of coffee the same way again!

The Legend of Kaldi: The legendary story of the discovery of coffee

THE discovery of coffee is already, in itself, a mythical anecdote. As singular as it is magical, let’s go back to origins with a legend fascinating.

The story goes that a Berger It is said that an Ethiopian named Kaldi discovered the stimulating powers of coffee when he noticed that his goats, after munching on the berries of an unknown shrub (coffee cherries), coffee), began to run around with much more energy than usual. Curious, Kaldi tested the fruit himself and was immediately won over by it. Since the young man wanted to know more, he brought these fruits to the priests to hear their opinion.

At first wary of what the men of the Church considered «a forbidden fruit», they were bewitched by it the smell which emerged from the fruits thrown into the fire.

They then decided to use it for drinks evening prayers, helping them to fight night-time tiredness and concentrate.

THE myth the beginning of the passionate relationship between humanity and this drink that has become a cult was underway.

1. Beethoven and his 60 perfect coffee beans!

Did you know that the coffee played a key role in the genius of Ludwig Van Beethoven ? The famous composer had an obsession with precision. Every cup of coffee he drank had to be brewed 60 cereals Exactly. Neither more nor less.

This rigor, worthy of a musical score, demonstrates the extent to which coffee could do this inspire great minds… and it begs the question: how many cups did it take to compose the Ninth Symphony?

2. Brazil was able to participate in the 1932 Olympics, thanks to the Café

THE coffee it’s a drink that changed the world ? Literally yes, in 1932!

THE Brazil he wanted to send his team to Olympic Games of Los Angeles, but the financial situation of the country did not allow such expenses, even for the Olympic Games there was a serious lack of funds. The solution?

Brazil decides to load a ship coffee beans to sell them on the way to the United States.

Thanks to this ingenious idea, Brazil was able to do it finance the journey of its athletes.

3. Coffee was banned in the 18th century

Today, the coffee is more than ever synonymous with friendliness and sharing with friends or family. But there was a time when he was seen as a real threat. It’s a 18th century that some authorities considered coffee to be a dangerous drink. For that? Because it stimulated critical thinking and ideas revolutionaries.

If then the cafés were places of debate, of exchange of ideas, of intellectual and philosophical meetings, the powers in power saw it agitation with an evil eye. Can you imagine a world without coffee…. Don’t worry, this one era He’s long gone!

4. A record cup of 26,939 liters of coffee!

Coffee unites and celebrates cultures, and what better than a record to prove it? On December 10, 2022, at Mexicoa giant cup of coffee 26,939 litres it was carried out to celebrate and honor coffee culture in the country.

This record was recorded in Guinness book it demonstrates how coffee is a drink capable of uniting crowds and making an impression.

5. Balzac drank 50 cups of coffee a day

The famous French writer Honore de Balzac he was a great coffee lover. To write his monumental works (Father Goriot, Lost Illusions, The Skin of Pain, etc.) he could spend 18 hours a day at his desk and happily chained the cups of coffee black. He could swallow 50 cups in one day!

While this somewhat excessive consumption is not an example to follow, it highlights the impact of coffee in the creative process.
A small health note Cafés Méo: if coffee is an elixir with multiple virtues, many advantageshowever, it is recommended to consume 3 to 4 cups a day.

6. Two billion cups drunk per day!

THE coffee it is undoubtedly one of the most consumed drinks in the world, with approx 2 billion cups drunk every day. This is equivalent to 1685 cups enjoyed every second!

In the. 10,000 cups were drunk world while you read our TOP 10 anecdotes about coffee!

7. 25 million people live off coffee

About 25 million people work in cultureimport and processing of coffee beans. Extending across the entire supply chain, this figure reaches 100 million people worldwide.

Everything is fine taxes what you drink helps support families, especially in countries like Brazil, Ethiopia or even the Colombia.

8. Coffee is the second best-selling raw material in the world

Behind the oilcoffee is the second most traded commodity on global market. Every bean counts in this billion-dollar industry.

1. Oil
2. THE coffee (+9 million tons produced every year)

9. The biggest consumers of coffee are not Italians!

You thought so Italy held the palm of the consumption coffee? Think again! These are the Finnish who consume the most coffee in the world, with 12 kilos per person every year.

In comparison, a Frenchman consumes approx 5 kilos per year. Even though more than 94% of us consume coffee, we are still behind in making the TOP 10!

10. The webcam was invented to film a coffee pot

Did you know that the first webcams in the world was designed to… coffee machine ? In 1991, researchers at the University of Cambridge had the idea to use a camera to monitor the level of coffee in them coffee maker.