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Along with a great cup of coffee, many of you may enjoy a brief coffee trivia designed to enlighten and amuse...
The Turks were the first country to brew coffee beans and use it as a drink, often adding spices such as clove, cinnamon, and anise to the brew.
History reports Christians use to refer to coffee as the drink of the devil and the devil's drink. When reports trickled into the Vatican and Pope Vincent III learned of this rather than banish the beverage he elected to try it. The Pope is said to have enjoyed drinking coffee so much that he baptized it. He is quoted as saying "coffee is so delicious it would be a pity to let the infidels have exclusive use of it". Read more about the history of coffee.