You may have Norwegian wives to thank for your workday coffee break

by Dana Knight, Columnist

A caffeine jolt from a triple espresso at Starbucks got me wondering the other day: Why is the typical 10-minute relief from work called a coffee break?

Why not a chocolate milk break or an orange juice break? And what do people do on their coffee breaks besides consume caffeine?
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Nearly half of workers (49 percent) take at least one coffee break during the day, and 32 percent do so twice or more, according to a December survey by CareerBuilder.com.

Since all of you are sitting on the edges of your cubicle chairs waiting to find out everything there is to know about the coffee break, I will fill you in.

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