How often people drink coffee
How often people drink coffee
ENC 1101
Florida International University
Abstract
In today’s society, over half of the adults in the United States drink coffee daily, and the percentage has been in increase for the past years or decades. In general, this increase of consuming coffee has been affected by various factors. It depends on ethnicity, race, age, gender, life stress and even the weather or hours of the day disturbs why people consume it. But how often people drink coffee? Or, What properties coffee drinkers know coffee has? These are some question that many people do not show to be concerned about. Most of the people don’t care about how harmful or benefiting the consumption of coffee can be for themselves, because they are more focused on its energy properties and taste, rather than in the knowledge of consuming it appropriately. Keywords: Consuming of coffee; Coffee drinkers; Caffeine
Chapter 1: Introduction and background. The consumption of coffee has been in increase every year. As an article published by Starbucks Coffees indicates, “the number of consumers has been increasing heavenly in the last decade, from the past five years it has been shown to increase almost half of the year before of customers, which is a big number” (Starbucks, 2012). In addition to this, it has also been shown that the most popular beverage in North America has been proved to be related with coffee, as it is stated in this article written by a professor in the University of Minnesota, “Coffee represents about 88 percent of all caffeine consumption in the United States and for every pound of sun- grown coffee produced, a half-pound of chemical fertilizers and pesticides are needed. (Klaassen, 2011) “In the Ethiopian highlands, where the legend of Kaldi, the goatherd, originated, coffee trees grow today as they have for centuries. Though we will never know with certainty, there probably is some truth to the
ENC 1101
Florida International University
Abstract
In today’s society, over half of the adults in the United States drink coffee daily, and the percentage has been in increase for the past years or decades. In general, this increase of consuming coffee has been affected by various factors. It depends on ethnicity, race, age, gender, life stress and even the weather or hours of the day disturbs why people consume it. But how often people drink coffee? Or, What properties coffee drinkers know coffee has? These are some question that many people do not show to be concerned about. Most of the people don’t care about how harmful or benefiting the consumption of coffee can be for themselves, because they are more focused on its energy properties and taste, rather than in the knowledge of consuming it appropriately. Keywords: Consuming of coffee; Coffee drinkers; Caffeine
Chapter 1: Introduction and background. The consumption of coffee has been in increase every year. As an article published by Starbucks Coffees indicates, “the number of consumers has been increasing heavenly in the last decade, from the past five years it has been shown to increase almost half of the year before of customers, which is a big number” (Starbucks, 2012). In addition to this, it has also been shown that the most popular beverage in North America has been proved to be related with coffee, as it is stated in this article written by a professor in the University of Minnesota, “Coffee represents about 88 percent of all caffeine consumption in the United States and for every pound of sun- grown coffee produced, a half-pound of chemical fertilizers and pesticides are needed. (Klaassen, 2011) “In the Ethiopian highlands, where the legend of Kaldi, the goatherd, originated, coffee trees grow today as they have for centuries. Though we will never know with certainty, there probably is some truth to the
References: Klaassen, A. (2011). Bell museum exhibit tells story behind world 's most popular beverage. Starbucks. (2012). Starbucks company statistics. The history of coffee (1986). National Coffee Association USA.