A while back I posted about the top 10 coffee producing countries between 2004-2006. Here’s data from 2007.
According to the International Coffee Organization, Brazil still leads the world in coffee production with an average of more than 33 million bags of coffee produced each year, down from about 42.5 million in 2006. It’s interesting to note that the […]
Filed under: Arabica Coffee Beans, Coffee Producers, Coffee News, Coffee Statistics on July 31st, 2008 | No Comments »
I found this article in the Jamaica Plain Gazette, a small Boston newspaper.
When Francesco Calderaro came to the United States from Palermo, Sicily eight years ago to pursue a master’s degree, he was amazed at some of the things that passed for “authentic” Italian food, he said in an interview last week. The JP resident […]
Filed under: Arabica Coffee Beans on November 20th, 2007 | 3 Comments »
According to the International Coffee Organization, Brazil leads the world in coffee production with an average of more than 38 million bags of coffee produced each year.
The following table shows the average number of bags of coffee produced from 2004-2006 per country.
Country
Average Coffee Production (in bags)
Brazil
38,243,298
Vietnam
14,423,067
Colombia
12,187,029
Indonesia
7,655,001
Ethiopia
4,482,479
India
4,679,772
Peru
3,344,548
Mexico
4,022,337
Guatemala
3,731,852
Honduras
2,826,502
Total
95,955,884
That’s a lot of coffee!
Filed under: Arabica Coffee Beans, Coffee Producers, Coffee News, Coffee Statistics on November 20th, 2007 | 3 Comments »
This past Friday Tom Ashbrook of Onpoint radio had George Howell on set. George Howell, former owner of The Coffee Connection which he sold to Starbucks several years ago. George is now the owner of Terroir Coffee Company, a coffee company focusing on specialty single origin coffees. Single origin meaning the beans in the coffee you are drinking […]
Filed under: Arabica Coffee Beans, Audio Interviews on April 17th, 2007 | No Comments »
I found the following timeline in an old issue of the UTNE Reader.
Prior to 1000 A.D.: Members of the Galla tribe in Ethiopia notice that they get an energy boost when they eat a certain berry, ground up and mixed with animal fat.
1000 A.D.: Arab traders bring coffee back to their homeland and cultivate the […]
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I’ve seen a lot of weird things before, but this one is up there. In certain parts of the world (like the Philippines for example) a special type of coffee is produced - Kopi Luwak (it goes by other names too, but this is usually what it’s referred to in these parts). What makes this […]
Filed under: Arabica Coffee Beans on April 4th, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Interesting, although Viet Nam is the second largest coffee exported they have little to no market clout. Perhaps if they updated their quality control process they’ll be held in a higher regard.
Coffee makers at global market’s mercy
Filed under: Arabica Coffee Beans, Coffee Producers on April 3rd, 2007 | No Comments »
Panama co. says brews world’s biggest cup of coffee
Coffee producer Cafe Duran used 300 pounds of arabica coffee to brew 750 gallons of coffee. This bests the previous Guinness world record of 660 gallons set back in 1994 in New York.
Next I’d like to see the record for a person drinking 750 gallons of coffee. […]
Filed under: Arabica Coffee Beans, Fun Stuff on April 3rd, 2007 | No Comments »
Why did I start a site about arabica coffee beans? I like coffee. Not just any coffee mind you, but good coffee. Given a choice between gourmet artisan microroasted coffee or mass produced coffee I’ll choose the gourmet micro roasted coffee every time. If micro-roast isn’t available, I’ll likely pass on coffee altogether. It’s like beer. Give […]
Filed under: Arabica Coffee Beans on March 26th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
