The coffee habit: Why do we love it so much?

咖啡习惯:我们为何如此钟爱它?

The Food Chain

2025-10-23

27 分钟
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For millions of us around the world, the day hasn't begun until we've had our first cup of coffee. Ruth Alexander traces our love affair with coffee back through history, to the wilds of Ethiopia where it was first discovered. She experiences some of the ancient traditions built around coffee which still endure today and asks why this bitter drink has always had such a hold over us. And does it matter if we enjoy a coffee or three every day? Ruth finds out what's it doing to our brains and bodies, and whether we really need to worry about kicking this ancient habit. Produced by Lexy O'Connor If you would like to get in touch with the show, please email: thefoodchain@bbc.co.uk Image: Three roasted coffee beans float on a light green background. Credit: Getty/Jose A. Bernat Bacete
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  • So you've popped the beans into a long-handled pan,

  • which is going on a little electric hot stove there.

  • The pan is wonderfully charred inside.

  • It's had a lot of use, I see.

  • Yeah.

  • We have used it a lot of times, you know, yeah.

  • This is Samrawit Tekla, the owner of Asmara Bella,

  • an Eritrean and Ethiopian restaurant in Manchester, England.

  • She's making me a coffee.

  • And it's going to take a while, like most of the next half hour.

  • First, the light green beans have to be roasted.

  • You have to shake and then that's roasting and then you wait until getting like dark brownish and then you can smell as well and then that time you know the coffee is ready to grind.

  • You're listening to The Food Chain from the BBC World Service with me, Ruth Alexander.

  • And in this episode, we're exploring our love of coffee.

  • How this bitter drink has come to hold such a sweet spot in our hearts.