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COFFEE
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July14
DID YOU KNOW?
COFFEE
FACTS
that are
probably
true
The stuff can kill.
The lethal dose of
coffee for an adult
is 100 cups.
Civet coffee –
boring.
Elephant dung coffee is
where it’s at now. A cup
of the brand Black Ivory
Coffee goes for over $60 in
northern Thailand.
Australia
has been named
the one English-speaking
country that “Starbucks cannot
conquer”. By 2008, its 87
outlets there had reported a
loss of $143 million, which is
attributed to the fact that, like
France and Italy, Oz “already
has a sophisticated coffee
culture”.
The Italian word
barista does
not refer only to
someone who
serves coffee, but
to anyone who
serves drinks, hot
or cold, and from
coffee to alcohol.
A cup of
coffee is in
every scene in
Fight Club.
There is a spa in
Japan where you
can bathe in coffee.
(We’d caution against
drinking it, though.)
The most
long-lived cat on
record, Creme
Puff, was 38 years
old when she died
in 2005. She lived
on a diet of bacon,
eggs, broccoli
and coffee.