Some Interesting FACTS about COFFEE

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coffee news Here are some intesting facts I found that are associated with our first love, coffee. Thought you might enjoy reading them.

-41% of Americans drink coffee daily (smart people!)

-Approx. 11 Billion pounds of coffee are consumed every year. (1 Billion of that actually is consumed away from my own home )

-Number of specialty coffee houses in 1989: 585 / 2003:17,400

-All coffee is grown within 2000 miles of the equator

-Germany surprisingly is the world’s second largest consumer of coffee in terms of volume at 16 pounds per person a year. With over 43% of drinkers putting sweetener in their brew compared to 23% here in the states. (16 pounds per person? I wish I could cut down to that. )

-An acre of coffee trees produces roughly 10,000 pounds of coffee cherries. That equates to nearly 2,000 pounds of beans after its processed.

-No coffee is grown in the United States or its territories. Except in Hawaii (Kona) and Puerto Rico

-Until 1870’s the majority of coffee was roasted in a pan over a fire. It wasn’t until very recently that batch roasting became popular.

-Each year some 7 million tons of green coffee beans are produced world wide. Almost all of it is hand picked.

-Mc Donald’s restaurants still far and away sells the most brewed coffee in the US and the world ( Good Grief! )

These facts originated from High Rise Coffee Roasters

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One Response to “Some Interesting FACTS about COFFEE”

Canadian Mom on September 18th, 2006 4:23 pm

Eww Mcdonalds coffee is an insult to coffee…I live in Canada so its Tim Hortons coffee that gets my mouth watering mmmmm double double.

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