Let’s discover together 5 interesting facts about coffee that you certainly didn’t know before today!
1. Latte stays hot longer than black coffee
It’s funny, isn’t it? It really is. Coffee with milk or cream stays hot about 20% longer than black coffee. This process can be explained by thermodynamic laws. The rate at which a hot object cools is directly related to the ambient temperature. Therefore, the greater the temperature difference, the higher the cooling rate.
Thus, adding milk to coffee reduces the temperature difference between the hot drink and its surroundings, thus slowing down its cooling. If you want to enjoy your coffee as you wish, we recommend adding a little milk to keep the drink hot longer.
2. Coffee played an important role in the development of the webcam
Coffee stimulates creativity and inventiveness. Know that the first webcam was developed at the University of Cambridge to closely monitor the coffee machine itself. Students pointed a camera at the machine to always know if there was coffee available. We can therefore say that the webcam was created out of laziness, but also a little out of love for coffee.
3. Coffee is NOT dehydrating
This is an urban legend that is very difficult to eradicate.
While it is true that coffee has a diuretic effect, it is also true that it does not dehydrate. In fact, by drinking coffee, you do not lose more fluid than you consume. So you can drink coffee safely and without any worries!
4. The longest-living cat in the world also drank coffee
According to his owner, Creme Puff, the Guinness World Record cat who died at the age of 38, drank coffee every morning.
In addition to coffee, she lived on eggs, bacon and broccoli. We do not know if this strange diet contributed to his longevity, but what is certain and documented is that the previous record was held by grandfather Rex Allen, also owned by the same human, who died at the age of 34 years old and also one morning old. coffee lover. At this point, a word to the wise…
5. At the beginning there was beer
Today, breakfast is definitely associated with coffee.
However, there was a time when, in many parts of Europe, the drink of choice to wake up to was not coffee but beer.
This unusual habit did not come so much from a love of beer as from reasons of health and hygiene: at the time, water could be harmful.
Coffee and tea were luxury products accessible mainly to the wealthy classes.
The poorer classes were left with beer, which was also consumed at breakfast: at the time, beer had a lower alcohol content than today, but was sufficient to kill germs and bacteria.
Did you already know these 5 interesting facts about coffee?
Enjoy reading while enjoying a good espresso of course!
