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TRIVIA TODAY - Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Greetings Infomaniacs,
I did not get enough sleep last night. I woke up around
three a.m. and tossed and turned for almost three hours. I
am definitely going to need some caffeine this morning!
Enjoy!
Melissa
Email Melissa: mailto:melissa@gophercentral.com
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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "No coffee can be good in the mouth that does not
first send a sweet offering of odor to the nostrils."
HINT: (1813-1887), prominent Congregationalist clergyman,
social reformer, abolitionist, and speaker in the mid to
late 19th century.
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RANDOM TIDBITS
The first Espresso machine was introduced in 1822 by the
French, but it was the Italians who perfected and
distributed it. A cup of drip brewed coffee has about 115
milligrams of caffeine, an espresso (and percolated coffee)
about 80mg, while instant coffee has about 65mg of caffeine.
Decaffeinated coffee is not totally caffeine free,
containing about 3mg of caffeine.
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Coffee is the seed of a cherry from the tree genus Coffea,
a tree yielding about two pounds of coffee per year. There
are more than 25 species of coffee, the 3 main commercial
types (varietals) being Robusta, Liberia and Arabica, the
latter representing 70% of total production.
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Caffeine increases the power of aspirin and other
painkillers, that is why it is found in some medicines.
Ironically, caffeine withdrawal also is one of the most
common causes of headaches.
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Caffeine is removed from coffee by treating the green beans
? large seeds are commonly referred to as beans ? with
chlorinated hydrocarbon solvents.
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The word ?cappuccino? comes from the 16th century Capuchin
order of friars, whose hoods were called cappuccinos. A
cappuccino is a coffee topped with steamed milk.
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The word ?tip? is also related to coffee. It comes from old
London coffeehouses where the waiters? brass boxes were
etched with the inscription, ?To Insure Promptness."
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My author's uncertain yet my title's the same,
I contain random text yet order's my aim.
Read me one day and see my pages are totally bare.
Try again another day and the words will be there.
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I can predict the future, and inside, your life can be found.
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QUOTE: "No coffee can be good in the mouth that does not
first send a sweet offering of odor to the nostrils."
ANSWER: Henry Ward Beecher.
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