Coffee Facts 2024

Did you know? Only about 20% of harvested coffee beans are considered to be a premium bean of the highest quality.

Coffee, as a world commodity, is second only to oil.
Coffee sacks are usually made of hemp and weigh approximately 60 kilogram when they are full of green coffee beans. It takes over 600,000 beans to fill a coffee sack.
There are 6,000+ species of the coffee plant split into 25 major types
Two species dominate commercial production: Arabica (Coffee Arabica) and Robusta (Coffee Canephora)
World coffee production is split 60% Arabica and 40% Robusta

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In 1670, Dorothy Jones of Boston was granted a license to sell coffee, and so became the first American coffee trader.
Arabica is a large delicate bush that grows at elevations of 600-2000 meters above sea level in Latin America, Central and East Africa, Asia and Oceania
Because Arabica is difficult to grow, the beans are more expensive than Robusta beans
Arabica can be drunk pure or in blends with Robusta where it contributes acidity and body to the blend
Robusta is a hardier bush or tree that grows from sea level to 800 meters and is grown in West and Central Africa, South East Asia and South America
Robusta is more strongly flavored than Arabica and gives blends body and "kick"
The person who actually makes the coffee in a café or restaurant is called a "barista"
Proper coffee making requires the barista to make very precise measures of coffee amounts, water temperatures and pressures, and brewing times (e.g.
22-28 seconds)