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* 6.3 million -- metric tons of coffee produced in the world in the 1999-2000 crop year more this year

* 25 million -- number of farmers who grow coffee worldwide, the majority on small-scale farms in many different countries

* 600-800 AD -- the era in which an Ethiopian goat herder named Kaldi reportedly discovered coffee after observing that his goats become very energetic upon eating coffee berries

* 60 -- percentage of Ethiopia's export earnings derived from coffee sales in 1995

* 40 -- percentage of coffee-growing lands in Colombia, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean that are "technified" sun coffee plantations, where coffee is densely planted with little shade cover from native trees and doused with chemical fertilizers and pesticides ask us about our organic coffees and teas

* 90 -- percentage drop in species of migratory birds found on technified sun coffee plantations as compared to traditional shade-grown coffee plantations

* $80 million -- U.S. Agency for International Development funding for projects in the 1970s and 1980s that encouraged Latin American farmers to switch to sun technified coffee-growing methods

* 80 -- average milligrams of caffeine per cup of coffee, in a study of Canadian homes, offices, and coffee shops x 2-4 cups a day! more? wow!

* 402 -- number of cups of coffee consumed per capita in Canada in 1997, 77 more than in the U.S. and 152 cups more than in Europe

* 20-300 -- micrograms of caffeine per liter of output from any typical municipal wastewater treatment facility. (Caffeine is often one of the highest volume contaminants in the morning, thanks to all those early morning cups of java.) wonder if they get peed off

-- by starbuker

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Coffee beans were chewed raw for centuries in Ethiopia and Yemen. An excavation in the Ethiopian highlands where coffee grows wild indicates human gatherers have been eating coffee berries over a hundred thousand years. The fleshy pulp surrounding the coffee bean in Ethiopian coffee has higher sugar content. Being sweet, being nutritious the seeds, nuts and berries must have been generally eaten by humans some speculate for over a million years.

Ugandans were noticed chewing dried coffee beans when the first explorers from Europe were searching for the origins of the Nile River. Green coffee beans were ground up and mixed with fat to macerate, then made into small balls, which were eaten by travelers on long journeys. Some say this is the first trail mix whereas the raisins.

Stories in the Southern Arabian Peninsula known as Yemen where Europeans first found the coffee plant cultivated seem to support the coffee bean being traded as early as 800 BC. Facts and many stories support trade between Yemen and Ethiopia during this time. Knowing how eating the coffee berry reacts on people, it would be logical that those early traders would attempt to trade for this item. Additionally, evidence does not support the coffee plant growing wild in Yemen but already under cultivation instead. Although, it is possible that a large bird or storm could have carried and deposited the coffee berry that far away, although not likely.

No specific historic event is remembered causing coffee export to Southern Arabia but Ethiopia did invaded Southern Arabia in 525 AD. Some speculated that coffee could have been introduced to the Arabians at this time. Many historians say coffee may have been introduced into Arabia by slave traders who raided Africa in early1000 BC.
Snippets which strongly supporting theories that coffee spread very early in the civilized world trade are coffee's affect on the Arabian people's culture, agriculture, Trade practices and old Arabic stories.

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Coffee, which was traditionally drunk at home in the morning, has now become a firmly established part of daily life, work and leisure. The rapid development of coffee houses, coffee bars and specialty shops has helped cultivate consumers’ taste for gourmet coffee. Yet total Canadian demand has increased only slightly, as one product has been substituted for another. In terms of value, however, the Canadian market’s growth still partially depends on fluctuations in the world price of coffee. But by integrating their operations and adding greater value to products and services, industry players are now better able to manage their profit margins and avoid having to pass on to consumers "too quickly" the sudden fluctuations in the costs of their supplies.

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