Coffee Facts

Things worth knowing.....

1. Approximately 20 million people work in the coffee industry worldwide.  
2. Coffee is the second most actively traded commodity, right after oil.
3. Brazil is the world's largest coffee producer.
4. The estimated value of the export of green coffee is 10 billion dollar.  
5. Coffee has many different varieties, more than 60!
6. Only two coffee varieties have an economic significance: Arabica and Robusta.
7. Black coffee (without sugar or milk) does not contain calories (less than 1 Kcal.)
8. Caffeinated coffee shows a beneficial effect on alertness and improves performance in a variety of tasks in both day and night sessions.
9. The popularity of dark roasted coffee is high in Southern Europe.
10. A good coffee tree can produce up to 1 kg of raw coffee per year.
11. In contrast to what most people think, coffee does not grow in plain brown beans, but in red berries carrying green beans (two beans per berry).
12. During roasting the coffee beans dry out and the sugars in the beans start to caramelise.
13. The most important form of trade in coffee are both the stock market and the 'effective' coffee trade.
14. The quality of a cup of coffee does not depend on the blend only but also on the ratio of the amount of water and coffee used for brewing.
15. The present coffee producing belt around the globe encompasses approximately 70 countries.
16. Coffee only grows in tropical and sub-tropical regions.
17. The coffee tree needs an average temperature of between 17° C and 23° C as well as abundant precipitation and good soil conditions.
18. The original home of coffee was the Abyssinian highlands.

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