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.