Coffee & Espresso
26 million acres of the globe is devoted to coffee
One in every 177 people is employed in the coffee industry
Worldwide, there are oer 400 billion cups of cofee consumed each year
The US consumes over 1/3 of the world's coffee
The average annual consumption of the American Adult is 26.7 gallons, or over 400 cups
Coffee represents 75% of all the caffeine consumed in the US
Japan ranks #3 in the world for coffee consumption
Brazil produces about 30% of the world's coffe
The coffee trade made Sao Paulo South America's largest city
Arabica doffee tree was first discovered in Ethiopia growing wild
First cultivated in Yemen in the the 7th century
First brewed by the Arabs
Turkey roasted the coffee bean in the 13th century
Syria first roasted ground coffee in the 1520s (the grounds were consumed as well!)
The Venetians introduced coffee to Europe in 1615
Coffee was introduced to US in 1660
Robusta grows below 2000 ft.; it is less favorful, less aromatic, has twice the caffeine, and often used as a filler for canned coffees to help reduce cost. Robusta beans have twice the caffeine as Arabica
Arabica constitutes 75% of the world's coffee production, but only the top 10% are fine enough to meet the specialty coffee standards. It takes about 5 years for an Arabica coffee plant to mature and produce it first crop, which is about 2 pounds. Coffee grown at higher elevations generally exhibit finer qualities.
Jamaican Blue Mountain is the rarest premium coffee as only about 100,000 pound are produced each year. To learn more about coffees from around the world ... (coming)
Coffee is the world's most valuable agricultural commodity, and second only to oil in commodity trades. To learn more about the coffee farming, coffee history ..... (coming)