May 06, 2007

coffee trivia

Coffee was first cultivated in Ethiopia during the Ninth Century A.D.

The first coffee plantation in Brazil developed in 1727, thanks to Francisco de Melo Palheto, who smuggled the beans from French Guiana

Approximately 500 billion cups of coffee are consumed worldwide each year

approximately 25 million small producers are dependant on coffee for their livelihood

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