If coffee is the only drink that gets you out of bed in the morning or keeps you awake to meet the deadlines, you’re probably committed to making the perfect cup of Joe. If you take your coffee black or with a hefty dose of milk and sugar, it’s important to get it just right.

When you fall in love with coffee, there is no looking back. Also, when you love something, you should know everything about it. This is exactly why we’ve compiled this list of everything all you coffee lovers should know. Take a look:

– The energising effect of coffee was accidentally discovered by Ethiopian shepherds who noticed that their cattle started dancing after eating coffee berries.

– In 1675, coffee houses were banned in England by King Charles II as he thought that was the place where people met to conspire against him.

– Kopi Luwak, the world’s most expensive coffee is made from undigested coffee beans extracted from the faeces of Civet – a species of wild cats found in Sumatra.

– Coffee lowers the risk of Alzheimer’s disease – so have it regularly. 

– Out of the 250,000 coffee growers in India, 98% are small growers.

Hope now you know everything about your favourite beverage.