International Coffee Day – October 1, 2022, history significance why we celebrate
International Coffee Day takes place on October 1 every year. Making the daily journey from tropical Africa to the breakfast mugs of households all over the world, coffee beans have been scattered all over the world for more than 600 years, and their preparation for consuming is a great example of metamorphosis.
Humanity has been preparing coffee for many presentations: drinks, candies, medicine, and some ancient civilizations even used it as currency! No matter how you take it, coffee can energize you, warm you up, refresh you, keep you awake, and even catch you up with your loved ones.
History of International Coffee Day
Coffee Day also marks the long tradition of the drink. The properties of coffee beans are thought to have first been discovered in Ethiopia. The beans are the pits seen in the coffee berry or cherry.
The story goes that a 9th-century goat herder noticed their stimulating effects on his goats and began experimenting. Coffee drinking was originally popularized in the Arab world from around the 15th century. Then spreading across Asia then to Italy and across Europe and to the Americas – and finally to your coffee cup.
INTERNATIONAL COFFEE DAY TIMELINE
1511
Mecca Banned Coffee
The city banned coffee because it was believed to stimulate radical thinking and idleness.
1932
An Olympic athletes’ helper
For the 1932 Olympics, Brazil couldn’t afford to send their athletes to Los Angeles, so the government loaded them in a ship full of coffee sold to finance the trip.
2012
The largest cup of coffee
According to the 2012 Guinness World Records, the largest cup of joe consisted of 3,487-gallons.
2014
International Coffee Day
In Milan, the “International Coffee Organization” set the holiday on October 1 as part of their 2015 Expo.
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5 FACTS ABOUT COFFEE THAT WE ALL NEED TO KNOW
Long live coffee
According to a “Harvard’s Health Publishing” study, coffee drinkers tend to live longer, plus they have a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease.
A precious treasure
Coffee is the second largest traded commodity right after crude oil, and the most consumed beverage, after water.
The drink for creative and artistic people
Even Beethoven was a coffee lover! It is well known that he used to count his beans before making the brew, mostly 60 per cup.
Not a bean, a berry!
Coffee beans are called “beans” just because of the resemblance, but they’re actually berries.
Coffee resembles a neurotransmitter
For medicine and psychology, caffeine is a central-nervous-system stimulant, and that is because it has a similar molecular structure to the “adenosine”, which allows it to bind to “adenosine receptors” on the brain.
How to Celebrate International Coffee Day
Today, the coffee plantation is one of the world’s largest crop plantations. Therefore, buying ethically grown coffee is all the more essential – be sure to be selective in getting your cup of coffee and supporting ethical trade. So when you drink your cup of coffee on this day, inhale its aroma, taste its dark and full-bodied flavor, think about its story – but most of all enjoy.
