Coffee

International Coffee Day

September 28, 2014

Written by Curiosity Staff

Coffee is the second most traded commodity on Earth after oil. Learn exactly what drinking coffee does to your brain.

When you take that first sip of coffee in the morning, you're probably not giving a nod of thanks to the goats behind its worldwide popularity. That's right: thousands of years ago, a farmer discovered his goats "dancing" after nibbling on coffee berries and being affected by the caffeine, as an Ethiopian legend has it. Fast-forward to today and we see the rippling aftershock of coffee's ancient worldly debut everywhere in culture and food. Coffee is found in fashion, music, poetry, social clubs, cocktails, candles, and much more. So how exactly did this simple bean come to permeate every corner of the world?

Why The World Loves Coffee

Written by Curiosity Staff September 28, 2014

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