Gourmet Coffee Beans

Before we began to enjoy coffee as a brewed concoction people would eat the coffee beans. African tribes would ground the beans then roll them into balls with animal fat. This snack would nourish and energize ancient Africans.

The origin of the phrase “cup of joe” goes back to the early 1900s and Admiral Josephus Daniels who was a secretary of the navy during the Wilson administration. The U.S. was involved with World War I at the time. He outlawed alcohol on ships which lead to coffee becaming the favorite beverage of naval crews. Hence the name “cup of joe.”

Every wondered how much caffeine your are taking into your body? A single cup of coffee can give you 135 mg while a cup of tea is 50 mg. One of the reasons you might love that Hershey chocolate bar is because it contains 31 mg of caffeine. Check out the caffeine content chart on the Volcanica Coffee website.