Making Coffee

I've recently been weaning myself off of creamer and sweetener, in order to drink only black coffee. So far so good.

Census Bureau Daily Feature for Dec. 27 -- Making Coffee

12/26/2004 10:02:00 AM

To: Feature Reporter

Contact: Rick Reed or Tom Edwards, 301-763-2812, both of the U.S. Census Bureau

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" features for Dec. 27 from the U.S. Census Bureau:

MONDAY, DECEMBER 27: MAKING COFFEE

Profile America -- Monday, Dec. 27. Millions of bleary-eyed Americans who stumble around in the morning owe a lot to someone they never heard of James H. Nason of Franklin, Mass. This week in 1865, he received a patent for a coffee percolator, making it much easier than it had been to brew just the right cup of coffee to get started in the morning. Now, not only does just about every home in the U.S. have a percolator, but many also grind their own fresh from coffee beans. And the percolator has grown into big coffee machines, seen in most offices and a seemingly ever-growing number of retail coffee shops. And it's clear that Americans love their coffee. We each consume more than 24 gallons of regular and decaf a year.

Find these and more facts about America from the U.S. Census Bureau on the Web at http://www.census.gov.

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