16. Ludwig van Beethoven Needed Coffee In the Morning Before Anything Else
Everyone remembers Ludwig von Beethoven for his music, and maybe for the fact he was still able to compose even after he went deaf. He did not eat anything at all for breakfast, but he drank a strong cup of black coffee that was made with exactly sixty ground coffee beans. Beethoven also needed to take two hour long walks in the afternoons. If he returned even a few minutes early from his walk, he thought it made his entire day off balance and that “great misfortunes would befall him”.
He ate his first meal in the middle of the day, and we can only assume that it was equally as precise as everything else in his daily routine. He once wrote, “Only a pure heart can make good soup.” ….Whatever that means. For his meals, he would eat 12 boiled eggs, and macaroni and cheese with loads of butter. When someone else was cooking for him, he would eat fish and potatoes. He liked to drink water during the day, and Austrian wine at dinner time.