13 Things You Didn’t Know About Coffee
6. Changes in coffee cultivation
In the 1970’s a departure was made from growing coffee in the shade and it began to be grown under the full glare of the sun, which increases the yield per crop and helps the coffee berries to ripen faster.
7. How coffee gets its typical aroma
Once the coffee seeds have dried, it is roasted, during which, some of the existing fragrant oils and acids become weak and another oil, caffeol, develops which lends coffee its typical aroma and flavor.
8. Coffee and alcohol
Coffee mixed with alcoholic beverages? That’s right. Turkish coffee is a combination of coffee and whiskey. It’s also used in brewing of darker beers, and also serves as the base in alcoholic coffee liqueurs.
9. Second-most traded item
Coffee is the second-most traded product, following petroleum, in the world, with Brazil being the largest coffee exporter.
