Today (October 1, 2015) is the first official International Coffee Day!
It is not known when the exact origin of the International Coffee Day is or when it was first celebrated but the first event was promoted in 1983 by the All Japan Coffee Association.
Coffee beans were believed to be discovered in Ethiopia and the coffee day marks the long history of the drink.
Coffee beans are actually pits of coffee berries and were made popular in the Arabs in the fifteenth century before spreading its aroma across Asia and making its way to Italy, Europe and the Americas.
Here are some coffee quotes:
Coffee is a language in itself. –Jackie Chan
I think if I were a woman I’d wear coffee as a perfume. - John Van Druten
Our culture runs on coffee and gasoline, the first often tasting like the second. – Edward Abbey
Among the numerous luxuries of the table… coffee may be considered as one of the most valuable. It excites cheerfulness without intoxication; and the pleasing flow of spirits which it occasions…is never followed by sadness, languor or debility. - Benjamin Franklin