Ĭoffee plants grow within a defined area between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, termed the bean belt or coffee belt. As of 2015, Americans consumed approximately 400 million cups of coffee per day, making the United States the leading consumer of coffee in the world. The United States imports more coffee than any other nation. The bean belt in yellow: The 20 largest producers (2011) are in green.īrazil produces about 45% of the world's total coffee exports, with most grown in Brazil. In 2017, 70% of total coffee production was exported, worth US$19.9 billion. As coffee is one of the world's most widely consumed beverages, coffee beans are a major cash crop and an important export product, accounting for over 50% of some developing nations' foreign exchange earnings. Arabica beans consist of 0.8–1.4% caffeine and Robusta beans consist of 1.7–4.0% caffeine. The two most economically important varieties of coffee plant are the Arabica and the Robusta ~60% of the coffee produced worldwide is Arabica and ~40% is Robusta. Like Brazil nuts (a seed) and white rice, coffee beans consist mostly of endosperm.
The peaberry occurs only between 10% and 15% of the time, and it is a fairly common (yet scientifically unproven) belief that they have more flavour than normal coffee beans. A small percentage of cherries contain a single seed, instead of the usual two. The fruits cherries or berries, most commonly contain two stones with their flat sides together. Even though the coffee beans are not technically beans, they are referred to as such because of their resemblance to true beans. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit. It is the pip inside the red or purple fruit often referred to as a cherry. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee.
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