coffee trivia

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to all coffee drinkers; here is some info about our favorite comfort drink COFFEE; i was reading this awhile ago; Germany is the world's second largest consumer of coffee in terms of volume at 16 ounds per person Over 53 countries grow coffee worldwide, but all of them lie along the equator between the tropic of cancer and capricorn An acre of coffee trees can produce up to 10,000 ppounds of coffee cherries. That amounts to approximately 2,000 pounds of beans after hulling or milling The percolator was invented in 1827 bby a french man. it would boil the coffee producing a bitter tasting brew. today most people use the drip or filtered method to brew their coffee With the exception of hawaii and puerto rico, no coffee is grown in the united states or its territories Up until the 1870's most coffee was roasted at home in a frying pan over a charcoal fire. it wasn't until recent times that batch roasting became popular Each year some 7 million tons of green beans are produced worldwide. most of which is hand picked 27 percent of US coffee drinkers and 43 percent of german drinkers add a sweetener to their coffee The world's largest coffee producer is Brazil with over 3,970 million coffee trees. Colombia comes in second with around two thirds of Brazil's production Hard beans means the coffee was grown at an altitude above 5000 feet Arabica and Robusta trees can produce crops for 20 to 30 years under proper conditions and care Most coffee is transported by ships. currently there are approxiamtely 2,000 ships involved in transporting the beans each year The popular trend towards flavored coffees originated in the United States during the 1970's October 1 is the official Coffee Day in Japan The first coffee tree in the Western Hemisphere was brought from France to the Island of Martinique in the 1720's ENJOY YOUR COFFEE!!!!