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ABOUT COFFEE
Here are a few tidbits about coffee that you may or may not be aware of.
- Coffee is the 2nd largest commodity traded world wide (oil is #1).
- All coffee grows between the tropics of Cancer & Capricorn near the equator.
- Coffee plants produce cherries, each cherry contains 2 coffee beans.
- Coffee beans are green before the roasting process.
- Roasted coffee will lose 50% of it's flavor in 7 days after roasting.
- A light roast coffee contains MORE caffeine than a dark roasted coffee bean.
- 97% of the coffee sold in the United States is stale BEFORE the consumer purchases it.
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