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Coffee is the largest traded commodity throughout the world - Even greater than Oil!
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The United States is the world's largest consumer of coffee, representing one-third of all coffee exported.
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More than 1/2 of the United States population consumes coffee. A typical coffee drinker has 3.4 cups of coffee per day. That translates into more than 450,000.000 cups of coffee daily.
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A single coffee tree will produce one pound of coffee per growing season. One pound of coffee is approximately 4,000 beans, which makes about 50 cups of coffee.
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Flavored coffees are created after the roasting process by applying flavored oils specially created to use on coffee beans.
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In 1615, the first European coffee was sold in drugstores as a medicinal remedy.
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Cappuccino is so named because the drink's peak of foam resembles the color of the robes worn by the Cappuicine Monks.
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All coffee is grown within on thousand miles of our Earth's equator. Brazil is the world's largest producer, Colombia, the second largest.
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The Japanese have been known to bathe in coffee grounds fermented with pineapple pulp to reduce wrinkles and improve their skin.
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The French philosopher, Voltaire, reportedly drank fifty cups of coffee a day.
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Roasted coffee beans start to lose small amounts of flavor within two weeks. Ground coffee begins to lose its flavor in one hour. Brewed coffee and espresso begins to lose flavor within minutes. |
