Want to impress friends and family members this Labor Day weekend? We've got just the thing. Check out the following collection of weird and wacky coffee trivia; go ahead, try them out at the next party. We can't guarantee that you'll gain friends with these facts. But...hey...it's better than starting a conversation with a knock-knock joke!     

• Famous philosopher Voltaire reportedly drank 40+ cups of coffee a day. His watering hole of choice was Café Procope, one of the oldest restaurants in Paris.
• Forget about the bacon, according to an ancient Turkish law, a woman had the legal right to divorce her husband if he failed to bring home the beans! Apparently, the man had a quota that must be met, should he wish to keep his wife.
• Coffee became the American patriot's beverage of choice after the Boston Tea Party linked tea to British imperialism. Had the Revolution not taken place, we'd probably be nation of tea drinkers today, much like the English.
• Reportedly, Frederick the Great of Prussia had his coffee mixed with a bit of champagne and mustard. Cringe.
• In Italy, where coffee is a source of national pride and baristas are revered as drink artists, the average age of a professional barista is 48.

Do you have any little-known coffee facts lying around? Please share!

Tho
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