Coffee Break : A coffee break is a routine social gathering for a collation or a short break from employees of various industries from work to drink a coffee.
A coffee break is a short 10-20 minute break from the workday, during which it is common to take a cups de coffee, tea or a small in case. We can also talk about a smoke break, tea or tea break in the afternoon. This is a brief period of social gathering and rest and is often a requirement for employees in multiple companies or industries.
Apparently originated in the late 19th century by wives of Norwegian immigrants, to stoughton, Wisconsin, it is celebrated there every year with the Stoughton Coffee Break Festival.
In 1951, Time Magazine noted that "since the war the coffee break has been written into union contracts."
The term later became popular thanks to a 1952 Pan American Coffee Bureau advertising campaign that urged consumers to "give yourself a coffee break - and get what the coffee gives you." "
John B. Watson, a behavioral psychologist who has worked in his career with Maxwell House helped popularize coffee breaks in American culture.