Other Articles of Interest:

• Processing of Coffee
• Types of Coffees
• Type of Coffee Roasts

Facts About Coffee

• Coffee is the second most commonly traded commodity in the world.
• A total of 6.7 million tonnes of coffee were produced annually between 1998-2000.
• There are over 400 billions cups of coffee consumed every year.
• The first coffeehouse opened in Istanbul in 1554.
• The first coffeehouse in England was setup in Oxford in 1650, and then two years later another was opened in London.
• The first coffeehouse in Vienna was opened in 1683.
• There are two main species of the coffee plant; Arabic and Robusta (see below)
• The largest coffee exporting nation is Brazil (2005)
• United States is the largest market for coffee, followed by Germany
• Scandinavian (Denmark, Finland, Norway & Sweden) countries consume the most coffee per capita
• In some countries, notably Europe, coffee parties are a popular form of entertaining
• Spent coffee grounds are a good fertilizer due to their high nitrogen content

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