Some facts you don't know

People know a lot about coffee, but at the same time they don't know many things about it. And these things are so interesting. And here are some of these facts.

In reality, coffee is bean. The first coffee grinder appeared in 1665 and was invented by smith from London. When Beethoven was cooking coffee, he took exactly 60 beans for one cup. And he was counting them by himself not letting anybody to do such responsible duty. The first coffee houses that appeared in Constantinople were called "The Schools of Wisdom" because they were the places of painters and writers meeting. There is the tradition to serve coffee first to the oldest person in the room in Greece and Turkey. Japan is the third country on coffee drinking. People of this country believe this drink makes the skin younger and healthier.

The coffee aroma "refreshes" the olfactory receptors. That is why if you are choosing the perfume and stop feeling the aroma, smell coffee and your nose will be ready to choose perfume till night. In 2001 Brazil released stamps with the coffee smell. Many pets and insects don't stand the coffee smell.

Till the 10th century coffee was considered to be food and not drink. Tribes of Ethiopia mixed coffee granules with milk and animal fat and ate the mixture during long-lasting travels.