* It takes 4.6 minutes to get a cup of coffee at work compared to 14.9 minutes away from work.
* In 1475, Kiva Han, the world’s first coffee shop, opened in Turkey. Under Turkish Law it was legal for a woman to divorce her husband if he failed to provide her with her daily quota of coffee.
* Captain John Smith introduced coffee to North America when he founded Jamestown.
* In 1668 coffee replaced beer as New York’s favorite breakfast beverage
Coffee Recipes
Mocha Chocolate Shake
*Chocolate syrup
*Hot Cocoa K-Cup
*Espresso K-Cup
*Ice cubes
*Whipped Cream
*Grated chocolate
Make a cup of hot cocoa. Make a cup of espresso coffee and stir into the hot cocoa. Sweeten to taste. Refrigerate until cold. Pour chocolate syrup around inside of 12oz. glass. Crush ice cubes in blender and add cocoa and coffee mixture. Blend until ice has broken down into slush. Pour into 12oz. glass and serve topped with whipped cream and either a swirl of chocolate syrup or a generous sprinkling of grated chocolate.
*1 (12 ounce) can of frozen cranberry juice concentrate
*cranberries
*mint
Half fill a large pitcher with ice. Add sugar or substitute. Brew 3 black teas and let stand for 5 minutes. Place frozen cranberry juice over ice. Pour tea over and stir. Float cranberrries and add mint leaf!
Pack a 12 oz tall glass with ice, pour 3 oz of cream or Half & Half over ice, brew your favorite K-Cup into a separate cup to dissolve sweetener or sugar. Then pour into Ice-filled glass.