The Legend of the Magic Bean, a.k.a Quick Facts On Coffee
Staying awake is hard... which is why I prefer magic beans to do the hard work for me. There are times when it feels like my sole purpose in life is to consume coffee, which means that I feel obligated to share some information about modern life's favourite bean. And I do mean that, since according to the Wiki of Pedia, ' Over 2.25 billion cups of coffee are consumed in the world every day .' Yeeps. So here is a helpful, abbreviated summary of the magic bean we call 'coffee'. Botany, a.k.a The Species You're Drinking Coffee is a flowering shrub native to Ethiopia, which coincidentally means it's from the same neck of the woods as our species ( no wonder we love it, we evolved right next to it ). There are multiple species of coffee plants, but the most significant ones from a coffee addict's perspective are Coffea canephora (also known as 'Robusta' coffee) and C. arabica , the two species which the majority of the world...