聽開封翻譯公司講12條咖啡趣聞

Legend has it that ethiopian shepherds first noticed the effects of caffeine when they saw their goats appearing tobecome frisky and "dance" after eating coffee berries.
  傳說，當埃塞俄比亞的牧羊人看到他們的山羊吃下了咖啡漿果后變得活躍并且“跳起舞”，他們開始發現咖啡因的效果。
  早期：咖啡是部落的主食
  Originally, Coffee was eaten. African tribes mixed coffee berries with fat which formed edible energy balls.
  最初，咖啡是用來吃的。非洲部落把咖啡漿果和脂肪混合在一起制成食物——能量丸子!
  興起：伊斯蘭教的推動
  The rise of Islam contributed greatly to the popularity of coffee. The religion prohibited drinking alchohol, but coffee was considered an acceptable drink.
  伊斯蘭教的推動為咖啡的普及做出了巨大的貢獻。這種宗教信仰禁止飲酒，但咖啡被認為是一種可接受的飲料。
  種植：世界的咖啡帶
  All the coffee in the world grows in the Bean Belt. The "Bean Belt" is a fancy word for the equator.
  世界上所有的咖啡都種植于“咖啡帶”，“咖啡帶”指的是南北回歸線之間的熱帶區域。
  韻事：英國國王曾禁止咖啡館
  In 1675, the King of England banned coffee houses, claiming they were places where people met to conspire against him.
  1675年，英國國王取締了咖啡館，聲稱它們是人們密謀反對他的集會地點。
  種類：Arabica咖啡獨領風騷
  70% of the world consumes Arabica coffee, which is mild and aromatic. The remaining 30% drinks Robusta, which is morebitter-tasting but has 50% more caffeine than Arabica.
  世界消費的咖啡70%是味道溫和、氣味芳香的阿拉比卡咖啡。剩下的30%是羅巴斯達，后者的味道相對略苦，但其咖啡因含量是前者的1.5倍。
  生長：咖啡長在樹上
  Coffee grows on trees. They can grow to be up to 30 feet tall, but are cultivated to be around 10 feet tall foreasy-picking.
  咖啡長在樹上，咖啡樹能夠長到30英尺高，但為了便于采摘，人們將其培育到大約10英尺(3米)高。
  形狀：咖啡豆只是種子
  The bean is actually a seed inside of abright red berry.
  咖啡豆實際上是鮮紅色漿果中的種子
  加工：咖啡豆的生產
  Coffee berries are picked, dried and stripped down until all thats left is a green bean. Once shipped, the beans areroasted at around 500 degrees Ferenheit. After a few minutes the bean will "pop" and double in size. A few minutes later the bean will "pop" once more. The second pop means the bean is done.
  咖啡漿果，被采摘下來，經過干燥和去皮直到只剩下綠色的咖啡豆。一旦裝船，咖啡豆被以500華氏度左右的溫度烘烤。幾分鐘后，咖啡店會“爆破”膨脹成原來體積的2倍，第二次爆破說明咖啡豆熟了。
  出口：世界上第二大貿易商品
  Coffee is the second most traded commodity on earth. Oil is the first... clearly humanity has a thing for black drippy liquids.
  咖啡是世界上第二大貿易商品，石油是第一，顯然人類喜歡黑色的粘稠液體。
  調制：Espresso
  Espresso is not a particular type of bean, roast or blend. Espresso is just a way that coffee is prepared: shootingpressurized, hot water through finely ground coffee.
  濃縮咖啡(Espresso)并非由某種特定的咖啡豆烘烤或混合而成，它只是一種咖啡煮法：將熱水借由高壓沖過研磨得很細的咖啡粉末調制而成。
  大兵最愛：美式咖啡
  The term "Americano" comes from american GIs during WWII. They would order espresso with water to dilute the strong flavour.
  “美式咖啡”這個詞來自二戰時的美國大兵。他們喜歡摻水以沖淡其濃香的Espresso。