Decaf Coffee Is Not Caffeine Free (and Other Coffee Facts You Never Knew)

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The First Disposable Cup Was Invented in 1907

Coffee is widely consumed in disposable cups all over the world now, but their history starts long before Starbucks. Lawrence Luellen, a lawyer and inventor from Boston, introduced the first one in 1907, as a way of combating the spread of germs and diseases in communal water. He first called them Health Kups, but they later became the now-famous brand Dixie.