Turkish law makes it legal for a woman to divorce her husband if he fails to provide her with her daily quota of coffee.

Iced coffee in a can has been popular in Japan since 1945.

Decaffeinated coffee sales are at their highest in January due to people's New Year resolutions.

The French philosopher, Voltaire, reportedly drank fifty cups of coffee a day

With alcohol forbidden by the Koran in the early 1400's coffee soon became the replacement drink.

Our sense of smell, more than any of our other senses makes our final judgement on coffee.

The Europeans first added chocolate to their coffee in the 1600's.

In Greece and Turkey, the oldest person is almost always served their coffee first.

Coffee was first known in Europe as Arabian Wine.

Espresso contains less caffeine than any other roast.

Flavoured coffees are created after the roasting process by applying flavoured oils specially created to use on coffee beans.

cappuccino is so named because of the drink's peak of foam which resembles the cowl of a Capuchin friar's habit.

The first European coffee was sold in pharmacies in 1615 as a medicinal remedy.

About half of all American adults have a cup of coffee to start their day.

It is estimated that more than 100 million Americans drink a total of 350 million cups of coffee a day.

57% of coffee is drunk at breakfast; 34% between meals and 13% at other meals.

Instant coffee accounts for 13% of all coffee drunk.

37% of coffee drinkers drink their coffee black; while 63% add a sweetener such as sugar.

On average, men drink more coffee than women (1.7 cups per day vs 1.5 cups)

Over half of the espresso consumed in the UK is drunk in the South East of the country.