12 Oct 2013

Top 10 Coffee Fact Lists

Which country grows the most coffee around the world? There are predominantly 2 types of coffee beans, arabica and robusta. We have split theses totals into 3 results, a total of all coffee beans then arabica and robusta separately. Measurement is in coffee bags with each bag weighing 60Kg. These stats are 2010-11 crops.













Arabia Beans:
1) Brazil 41,850
2) Colombia 9,550
3) Ethiopia 4,300
4) Honduras 4,000
5) Peru 4,000
6) Guatemala 3,920
7) Mexico 3,550
8) Nicaragua 2,000
9) El Salvador 1,700
10) Costa Rica 1,575

Robusta Beans
1) Vietnam 18,175
2) Brazil 12,750
3) Indonesia 7,950
4) India 3,700
5) Cote d’Ivoire 2,100
6) Uganda 1,900
7) Malaysia 1,000
8) Thailand 900
9) Cameroon 520
10) Togo 520

Top 10 Coffee Consuming Countries (Totals):
1) U.S. 22,043
2) Brazil 19,573
3) Germany 9,460
4) Japan 7,015
5) France 5,962
6) Italy 5,689
7) Russia 3,695
8) Canada 3,574
9) Ethiopia 3,383
10) Indonesia 3,333

The top-10 coffee-consuming countries per capita:
1) Finland (11.8 kilograms per person per year)
2) Norway (9.6 kilograms)
3) Denmark (9 kilograms)
4) Iceland (9 kilograms)
5) Switzerland (8.2 kilograms)
6) Sweden (7.8 kilograms)
7) Aruba (6.8 kilograms)
8) Netherlands (6.7 kilograms)
9) Belgium/Luxembourg (6.6 kilograms)
10) Bosnia and Herzegovina (6.1 kilograms)

Top 10 coffee drinks
1) Regular Coffee
2. Espresso – ‘condensed’ coffee brewed by forcing water through coffee grinds.
3. Cappuccino – 2 parts espresso, 1 part steamed milk, topped with milk froth.
3. Cafe Latte – 1 part espresso, 1 part steamed milk and very little milk froth.
4. Cafe Au Lait – 2 parts espresso, 2 parts hot milk.
5. Cafe Americano – 1 part espresso and 3 parts hot water.
6. Macchiato – 1 part espresso and topped with milk foam.
7. Cafe Con Leche – 1 part espresso and 1 part steamed milk plus 1 tsp. sugar
8. Cafe Mocha – 1 part espresso & 2 parts steamed milk with 1tsp. cocoa powder.
9. Cafe Breve – 1 part espresso 1 part steamed half and half.
10. Espresso Con Panna – 1 part espresso – topped with whipped cream.

Top 10 Health Benefits (in no particular order)
Cut the Pain - Two cups of coffee can cut post-workout muscle pain by up to 48%.
Increase your fiber intake
Protection against cirrhosis of the liver
Lowered risk of Type 2 Diabetes
Lowered risk of Alzheimer’s disease
Reduces suicide risk
Protection against Parkinson’s
Coffee may ward off skin cancer
Cognitive performance
Antioxidant benifits

Feel free to submit your own top 10 list related to coffee and we'll get them published here while giving the author the credit.

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