Odd Coffee Facts
January 7, 2008 by Marye Audet
Filed under Coffee
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Coffee has fascinated humankind for centuries, and apparently monkeys too.
The Formosan Rock Monkey is a coffee addicted little creature. These little monkeys eat ripe coffee berries and spit out the beans. Farmers then gather the beans to roast and make into a unique and delicious brew, which sells for over 50 USD a pound and is said to taste like vanilla.
Apparently a farmer noticed one of the monkeys spitting out the beans and he decided to try to collect them and process them and see what happened.
Johann Sebastian Bach created a sonata completely about coffee. It is a satirical comedy which tells the story of coffee addiction that was considered a social problem in the 1700s.
King Louis XV spent the equivalent of $15,000 on coffee for his daughter. Maybe he was trying to get her up before 2 in the afternoon?
Ultimately we in the United States have the Boston Tea Party to thank for the popularity of coffee in our nation. Prior to that most people drank tea.
While Americans are discovering the delight of Asian teas Japan is discovering a passion for the proverbial cup of joe. Japan is the third highest coffee consuming nation in the world today.
Now…carpe diem because tempis fugit. Capiche?
I love trivia! I think I could go for some Rock Monkey Coffee, sounds more palatable than the Poo Coffee.
Well you can have mine too, Julie. I don’t want anything that an animal has eaten first. Blah. have done alot of adventurous things in my life but I think that is a little too adventurous.
C’mon. We’ll get together and have a tasting party of the oddest ones out there!
I am go on the get together but I am odd enough without monkey spit coffee thanks…It reminds me of the old saturday night live skit about the pre-chewed food. or was that monty python? cant remember.
I’m not sure, but we can do the whole Holy Grail thing while sipping our Monkey Spit.
O.k..You bring the coconuts and I will bring the cow-catapult.
Yep. I smell movie deal.
We just watched that 2 Knights ago.
You’re punny, very punny.
I love Bach, and I must say, I never knew about that Sonata. But I suppose he wrote quite a bit. All of this has been very interesting.
Don’t you just love the 3-5 comments a day? haha I apologize, I just find interest in so many of your posts and it is irresistable to be opinionated and tell you how much I enjoyed them. I’m very grateful for your blog. As I just said, It is interesting what you post about, and also, I love your personality and the fact that you are a stay at home, home-schooling, intelligent, multi tasking mom. All around wonderful.
Jo- I love the comments! I am reading Joyce Meyer’s Approval Addiction book but obviously it hasn’t helped yet…LOL!