HarryM
4th November 2013, 22:08
A few interesting coffee related stories, factoids and trivia we hope
you’ll enjoy reading, with a cup of your favorite brew of course!
Coffee is a green bean hidden in the red cherry of the coffee tree.
Arabica and Robusta trees can produce crops for 20 to 30 years under proper conditions and care.
Over 53 countries grow coffee worldwide, but all of them lie along the equator between the tropic of Cancer and Capricorn
The first coffee tree in the Western Hemisphere was brought from France to the Island of Martinique in the 1720’s.
Each year some 7 million tons of green beans are produced world
wide. Most of which is hand picked. It takes 42 coffee beans to make an
espresso!
Most coffee is transported by ships. Currently there are approximately 2,200 ships involved in transporting the beans each year.
500 billion cups of coffee a years are consumer around the world, half of them at breakfast.
Coffee provides a livelihood for 25 million people; 100 million more depend on it for survival.
Lloyds of London was founded in 1688 in Lloyd’s Coffee House, as was the entire English Banking system.
In 1793 a small group of auctioneers met in a coffee house in New York City; this eventually became the New York Stock Exchange.
you’ll enjoy reading, with a cup of your favorite brew of course!
Coffee is a green bean hidden in the red cherry of the coffee tree.
Arabica and Robusta trees can produce crops for 20 to 30 years under proper conditions and care.
Over 53 countries grow coffee worldwide, but all of them lie along the equator between the tropic of Cancer and Capricorn
The first coffee tree in the Western Hemisphere was brought from France to the Island of Martinique in the 1720’s.
Each year some 7 million tons of green beans are produced world
wide. Most of which is hand picked. It takes 42 coffee beans to make an
espresso!
Most coffee is transported by ships. Currently there are approximately 2,200 ships involved in transporting the beans each year.
500 billion cups of coffee a years are consumer around the world, half of them at breakfast.
Coffee provides a livelihood for 25 million people; 100 million more depend on it for survival.
Lloyds of London was founded in 1688 in Lloyd’s Coffee House, as was the entire English Banking system.
In 1793 a small group of auctioneers met in a coffee house in New York City; this eventually became the New York Stock Exchange.