Sep 29, 2011 2:16am

Have a Cup of Joe on National Coffee Day 2011

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Today marks National Coffee Day! To celebrate you can pick-up a free cup of Joe at Krispy Kreme and 7-Eleven.

Did you know:

-Coffee was allegedly first discovered by a goat herder in the 9th century who noticed his goats acting strangely after eating the berries off the coffee plant.

-Contrary to popular belief, light roast coffee actually has more caffeine than dark roast.

-More than 500 billion cups of coffee are consumed each year; more than half at breakfast

-It’s the second most traded commodity — behind oil.

What’s your favorite type of coffee? Here are our picks: http://bit.ly/o0916U

User Comments

hello. i would like u guys to know that i love coffee but am very mad that u advertised that mcdonalds had free coffee for national coffee day, cause my mcdonalds didnt have it. i just want you to know that not all of them are doing it and of course it had to be the mcdonalds close to me.

Posted by: darla | September 29, 2011, 9:59 am 9:59 am

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