Fun facts about coffee, cupcakes, San Francisco and Pier 39.
All the coffee in the world comes from the "bean belt". The "bean belt" is the area between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. Hawaii is the only state in the United States that grows coffee.
29 cupcakes in 30 seconds is the record for eating cupcakes.
California sea lions are known for their intelligence, playfulness and noisy barking.
The Cable Car is the only moving National Historic Monument in the World – Sure South Dakota has Mount Rushmore, D.C. has the Lincoln Memorial, and New York has the Statue of Liberty but can any of those monuments transport you around the city? We think not. Built in 1873, the Cable Cars transport 9.7 million people around the city annually.
Originally coffee was eaten. African tribes mixed coffee berries with with fat with formed an edible. ENERGY BALLS!
Cupcakes were actually originally called “Number Cakes” or “1234 Cakes” because it was an easy way to remember portions…One cup of butter, two cups of sugar, three cups of flour, four eggs, one cup of milk, and one spoonful of soda.
Cupcakes can be referred to as fairy cakes in Britain or patty cakes in Australia.
The Chinese Fortune Cookie originated in San Francisco – Makoto Hagiwara a Japanese immigrant and designer of Golden Gate Park’s famous Japanese Tea Garden, created the first fortune cookie in 1914. There was a dispute in the 1980’s that a restaurant owner in Los Angeles invented the cookie and the case even went to court, but alas the evidence ruled in favor of San Francisco. Nice try LA. Today there are over 3 billion fortune cookies made each year around the world. -
Espresso is regulated by the Italian government because it is considered an essential part of their daily life