Coffee is a favorite beverage for many people, especially office workers, who may drink coffee regularly every day. Coffee also has many health benefits, and there are 7 things about it that you may not know.

Coffee has been part of human culture for a long time. It has a great history and besides its ritualistic use, it is most commonly regarded as an “upper” by people who wake up early, have to stay up late, or feel tired in the middle of the day.

Drip filter coffee is made by pouring hot water over a bed of ground coffee beans, otherwise known as grains, housed in a filter. Gravity pulls water through the filter, dissolving the coffee into the liquid on its way through.

Three coffee substitutes to get you through the day (and off the exhausting caffeine treadmill).

Dandelion Tea tastes a lot like coffee. You can drink this roasty-flavored tea as you would coffee—black, white, and with a little sweetener. The Chinese drink this beverage to heal and cleanse the liver.

Chai Tea is rich, sweet and spicy—a perfect comfort drink with a third-less caffeine than coffee. Cinnamon, cardamon, ginger, black pepper, and cloves soothe the lungs and promote circulation. In Ayurvedic medicine, Chai tea is thought to be calming, clarifying, and revitalizing for both mind and body.

I was a little exited when I came across this recipe for Dairy-Free Coffee Creamer from Mind Body Green. If you are also on a dairy-free path, or are just curious, I hope you will enjoy it too.