Greg Jenner

All right. And you're going to talk us through the history of coffee. So we're going to learn plenty today. So what do you know? This is where I have a go at guessing what you, our lovely listener, might know about today's subject.

All right. And you're going to talk us through the history of coffee. So we're going to learn plenty today. So what do you know? This is where I have a go at guessing what you, our lovely listener, might know about today's subject.

And whether you've got a crippling caffeine problem, whether you keep it decaf, whether, like Sophie, it is a dangerous thing for you, or if you're like me, you just can't stand the bitterness, you all know what coffee is. I don't know if it explains to you what coffee is. In terms of pop culture, coffee is just part of our life. Coffee shops crop up all over our favourite pop culture.

And whether you've got a crippling caffeine problem, whether you keep it decaf, whether, like Sophie, it is a dangerous thing for you, or if you're like me, you just can't stand the bitterness, you all know what coffee is. I don't know if it explains to you what coffee is. In terms of pop culture, coffee is just part of our life. Coffee shops crop up all over our favourite pop culture.

You've got Central Perkin Friends. You've got Luke's Diner and Gilmore Girls. You've got Will Ferrell enjoying the best cup of coffee in the world in Elf. Giles from Buffy, featuring in the Sexy Nescafe adverts from the 90s. You've got Sabrina Carpenter, already mentioned by Sophie, the espresso summertime hit.

You've got Central Perkin Friends. You've got Luke's Diner and Gilmore Girls. You've got Will Ferrell enjoying the best cup of coffee in the world in Elf. Giles from Buffy, featuring in the Sexy Nescafe adverts from the 90s. You've got Sabrina Carpenter, already mentioned by Sophie, the espresso summertime hit.

And my personal fave would be Paul Rudd ranting in Role Models about the stupidly inconsistent name of all the different coffee sizes. Venti means 20, he shouts. But what about the history of coffee? How did it become the world's favourite beverage? And what do goats have to do with it? Let's find out. Right, Professor Jonathan, can we start with the basics?

And my personal fave would be Paul Rudd ranting in Role Models about the stupidly inconsistent name of all the different coffee sizes. Venti means 20, he shouts. But what about the history of coffee? How did it become the world's favourite beverage? And what do goats have to do with it? Let's find out. Right, Professor Jonathan, can we start with the basics?

I'm pretty sure Nespresso pods do not grow on trees. That is correct. Good. They do not. Good. No.

I'm pretty sure Nespresso pods do not grow on trees. That is correct. Good. They do not. Good. No.

And there's caffeine in those seeds beans.

And there's caffeine in those seeds beans.

Sophie, maybe you're being enchanted.

Sophie, maybe you're being enchanted.

Where in the world do these beans, trees, shrubs, whatever they are, grow? Where is their natural habitat?

Where in the world do these beans, trees, shrubs, whatever they are, grow? Where is their natural habitat?

Lovely. There is a story. There's a sort of lovely myth that people like to talk about. The first time people got hooked on caffeine in these wild coffee plants involved an animal. Sophie, do you want to guess what the animal was and what the story was?

Lovely. There is a story. There's a sort of lovely myth that people like to talk about. The first time people got hooked on caffeine in these wild coffee plants involved an animal. Sophie, do you want to guess what the animal was and what the story was?

I did say goats.

I did say goats.