Teddy Roosevelt Was Basically Powered by Coffee.

He reportedly drank a gallon of coffee a day, loaded with sugar. On a visit to The Hermitage, he called Maxwell House “Good to the last drop”—which later became their slogan. Teddy really helped make coffee a cultural icon in America.

A Swedish King Tried to Prove Coffee Was Deadly

In the 1700s, King Gustav III allegedly made twins drink coffee vs tea daily to test which was deadlier. Ironically, the coffee-drinker outlived everyone—including the king. No proof it happened, but the legend lives on.

In 1727, Francisco de Melo Palheta played a key role in bringing coffee to Brazil. Sent to French Guiana under the pretense of a border dispute, his real mission was to get coffee seeds. He charmed the governor’s wife, who gave him seeds hidden in a bouquet. Smuggled back to Brazil, they flourished—sparking a coffee empire that still dominates the world today.

🇧🇷 Brazil rose to become the world’s largest coffee producer thanks to the forced labor of over 4 million enslaved Africans. From the 1800s to 1888, they worked in brutal conditions on plantations, especially in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, and Minas Gerais. The legacy of slavery still impacts Brazil today.