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Rainy day here in Lyon so I thought of sharing some interesting facts about coffee. Feel free to add any I've missed.

* Coffee grows in the form of berries on the bush - meaning that the coffee is actually a fruit.
* In ancient Arab culture, there was only one way a woman could legally divorce: If her husband did not provide enough coffee.
* In 1674, in a "Women Against Coffee Petition", women in the UK tried to ban coffee for all men under 60, claiming that coffee had turned them into 'useless corpses' and that they had started 'gossiping over women'.
* Dutch Governor van Horn brought coffee (1706) to Amsterdam, where it was grown in a greenhouse, under artificial conditions.
* One bush of coffee also arrived in Paris - a gift from French King Louis XIV. Considering the plant a valuable rarity, Louis XIV made a special house - a greenhouse in the Jardin des plantes.
* From just one coffee tree - brought from Paris to Martinique (1723) - in just over half a century, as many as eighteen million coffee trees have grown!
* The first coffee roaster in the Balkans was operated in Croatia - in Zagreb (Franck) - in 1892.
* Coffee "luvak" comes from the feces of a civet, a small mammal similar to a rabbit, which feeds only on the fruit of the coffee. Animals do not digest grain that naturally ejects from the digestive tract. After drying and roasting coffee beans, they are used to make a drink that is not as bitter as traditional coffee and has a caramelized or chocolate flavor. to the world. In the market, its price can reach $ 500 per kilogram, making it the most expensive in the world.
* The main ingredient in coffee - caffeine was found by German chemist Runge, to whom Johann Wolfgang Goethe donated some coffee beans. In his lab, Runge found colorless crystals of caffeine in his coffee. Each coffee bean contains caffeine, chlorogenic acids, glycosides, polysaccharides, lipids, trigonellin, amino acids, proteins and minerals (potassium, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus and sulfur).
* Johan Sebastian Bah dedicated his cantata to coffee
* Onore de Balzak drank 50,000 cups while writing "Human Comedy"
* Paul Erdes, Hungarian mathematician used to say that mathematician is a machine for converting coffee to theorems
* In 1675, the King of England ordered the closure of all cafes, on suspicion that conspiracy theories were being run against him
* More than 400 billion coffee is drunk on planet Earth every year

Credits: coffeesesh.com

Everyone has their own version of the origin story of coffee, but one thing is for sure, whoever discovered its effect, billions of people around the world owe it their gratitude.

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Espresso

The amount of coffee that is required for making is 7g, or one cup of coffee. Coffee is placed in a sieve, sieve in the apparatus and after 7-10 sec the coffee is over. Usually small espresso coffee beans are used. The quality of making coffee depends on the optimum grinding of mint coffee, water temperature and filtration time.

Macchiato

When we add casserole foam to hot coffee, based on coffee or espresso, we get one of the most popular coffee beverages in our area. Macchiato. The required coffee dose is 7g, and the coffee making process is the same as for espresso. This beverage is served in small espresso coffee bars.

Caffe Latte

The amount of coffee that is required for making is 7g, or one cup of coffee. The milk that is added is hot, the steaming milk. When a thick milk foam is created, milk is carefully pour over the espresso coffee in the ratio of 3: 1 - milk: coffee. Get in the big big salts. Many of this drink is called cappuccino without chocolate.

Cafe Latte Macchiato

This variation of Caffe Latte is served exclusively in high case for a visual impression. The first milk scrub is practiced, then lightly pour the coffee over. Then we get a visual impression that the pouring coffee "floats". Before consuming it is necessary to change the potion, and the size of milk and coffee is 4: 1

Cappuchino

The procedure is the same as for making Caffe Latte. It is practiced for easier obtaining foam or milk cream, using whole milk that is heated on the steam of the appliance. The amount of coffee that is required for making is 7g, ie one cup of coffee, and the size of milk and coffee 3: 1. Serving is in a large, large soap, and the foam is lightly dispensed with chocolate or cinnamon. Oposite would be cold brew coffee.

Caffe Mocha

One powdered chocolate powder at the bottom of a large bowl is the first step in making this coffee drink. The next step is to choose the whole process and the type of coffee we want to drink, whether it's Caffe Latte, Caffe Latte Macchiato or Cappuchino.

White coffee

They are usually served in large coffee cups. This is a combination of esspreso coffee and warm milk without foam.

Turkish/Cooked coffee

Some are called Turkish coffee, some are Greek and some are coffee for waking. The procedure for making this coffee is always the same. Cold water is poured into the tongue. The best beverage is obtained by grinding coffee just before cooking in order to get the best aroma and coffee quality. It waits for the water to flow and add the amount of coffee that best suits your taste. He returns to the fire to boil and then the coffee is ready to serve. Various varieties with sugar. One recipe says that the sugar is put in cold water, someone in the throat, and someone serves the same with sugar cubes.

Which one is your favourite?

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Hey everyone. I've been searching the forum and I've noticed that no one brought up DomiNations in the Gaming section. Since I have some free time I'll give you a brief insight in the game. I'm sure some of you will like it.

Dominations is a massively multiplayer online game. Players build a base with defensive, economic, workshop, and unit training buildings along with several wonders and a Town Centre. After training appropriate troops, players search for suitable opponents to attack and gain loots and medals.

Players can choose to play as any of the 8 different nations - British, Chinese, French, German, Greek, Japanese, Korean or Roman; and advance through 13 ages from Dawn age to Cold War age, expanding the base in each age.

There is also a single player campaign where players practice strategies by battling in a historical perspective.

It has mechanisms and gameplay similar to the strategy games you play on the PC, which is great for gamers that love these type of games. One of the main aspects of the game is your base. Before I come to that, I must mention that you should choose your nation carefully. It will effect your future gameplay, as every nation has it's own advantage. Before we move on to the base let's see which nations are available.

There are 8 nations to play with:

British - provides better loot/offense, archer have +1 range
Chinese - provide extra citizen, extra mercenary, extra defenders from town center
French - provides more allied troops capacity (+3, +3 after gunpowder age),20% shorter training time (barracks)
German - provides better offense, provides special tactic
Greek - provides better economy, refund some resources when construction is finished
Japanese -Makes town center shoot at invaders, longer peace treaties
Korean - refunds 10% loot (if you lose), extra war tactic
Roman - provides better offense, larger army

Choose one that will suit your gameplay style. Let's move on to the base.

The buildings are the basic building blocks of the game. The buildings resemble the architectural design of the civilization of the player, and their appearance change as the player advance through age. To see the list of available ages please visit wiki page. However, all players have same set of buildings. The most important building is the Town Center which defines the age of the gameplay. Other buildings are broadly classified into Economic, Defensive, and Military buildings. Wonders are also available, and can greatly improve your position in the game. However, they cost a lot - be carefully when you are going to build them since everything comes with a price. Resource limit can be anoying, and we'll go through collectiong resources in a bit. Don't be fooled by some hacks that can be seen online. Patience and strategy are the key. The buildings are suitably arranged and enclosed inside walls, and are connected to the Town Center using roads.

You've choosen the nation and have some basic knowledge of building your base. Now it all comes to resources.

Resources are used to upgrade buildings and troops, to research various enhancements, and train troops and tactics. The resources in the game are:

Food - Generated from Farms, Boars, Deer, Fruit Trees or shipments from the Mills, and battling
Gold - Generated from Caravans, Roads, Bears, Foxes, Bunnies, Gold Mines or shipments from the Markets, and battling
Oil - Generated from Oil Wells, Oil Seeps or shipments from the Oil Refinery, and battling (unlocked in enlightenment age)
Trade Goods - Obtained from Animals, Gold Mines, Fruit Trees, as gifts from the League Boat once daily, or shipments from the Store House also victory chest
National Trade Goods - Obtained at a fixed chance from beating other nations, each nation gives a different National Trade Good
Rubies - obtained by winning battles in World War
Crown - Obtained by hunting Stags and rewarded for game achievements
Except Rubies and Crowns, the resources are obtainable in huge amount from multiplayer battles. Rubies cannot be purchased for real money. Crowns can be purchased for real money.

In case you are interested in playing this game I'll post few useful links.

DomiNations official website: Click
Press releases: Click
App Store: Click
Google Play: Click

Hope you'll join me in the conquest!

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