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Topic: Coffee Facts, Coffee Statistics, Coffee Fun (Read 284 times)
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DID YOU KNOW?
> Most coffee is transported by ships. Currently there are approximately 2,200 ships involved in transporting the beans each year.
> The world's largest coffee producer is Brazil with over 3,970 million coffee trees.
> An acre of coffee trees can produce up to 10,000 pounds of coffee cherries. That amounts to approximately 2,000 pounds of beans after hulling or milling.
> A mature coffee tree will produce ONE POUND of coffee per growing season.
> Coffee is the most popular beverage worldwide with over 400 billion cups consumed each year.
> Only about 20% of harvested coffee beans are considered to be a premium bean of the highest quality.
> Coffee is grown commercially in over 45 countries throughout the world.
> Over 5 million people in Brazil are employed by the coffee trade. Most of those are involved with the cultivation and harvesting of more than 3 billion coffee plants.
> Coffee represents 75% of all the caffeine consumed in the United States.
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