Ever think think about how interesting coffee is when your using your coffee maker? If you are like most of us you really enjoy that fresh cup of coffee everyday. But do you ever think about where it comes from? Here are some interesting facts about coffee:

• An eight ounce cup of coffee can contain any where from 65 milligrams to 155 milligrams of caffeine depending on whether its fresh brewed or instant.

• Coffee is said to be discovered by a goat herder in Ethiopia after he saw his goats had more energy when they ate berries from the coffee tree. The berries started off being eating then people later brewed them to get what we call today as coffee.

• Coffee tree grow slowly. It takes about 5 years for on to fully mature, After its reaches its full maternity it will only produce 1-2 pounds of coffee beans each growing season.

• Without milk or sugar coffee has zero calories. This is why many people that diet really love this drink.

• Coffee is good for plants. It can help your plants grow green and healthy. Add cold coffee into water or mix coffee grounds into their soil and watch them grow.

• Coffee beans are really considered fruit, because they are really the pit of a berry.

• After Northern Europeans, Americans are the biggest coffee drinkers in the world. We import approximately 20 million bags of coffee a year.

• Hawaii is the only place in America that grows coffee commercially. Because of its climate being that it is located near the equator.

• Studies have shown that about 91% of the time coffee is consumed during breakfast.

Next time you pour that steamy, hot cup of coffee from your coffee maker remember it has some cool history to it.