Coffee
Teddya Konopka and Madison Misuro
Coffee
The coffee bean is the seed found inside of the fruit (the coffee cherry) that comes from the coffee
tree
Coffee trees are capable of growing in different climates
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Most coffee beans are named after the specific region they were grown in
Caffeine (found in coffee) is one of the fastest acting drugs known to man
New Yorkers drink almost 7 times more coffee than other cities in the U.S.
http://www.statisticbrain.com/coffee-drinking-statistics/
Where Coffee Comes From
Hawaii- only state in the US that commercially grows coffee
Mexico
Guatemala
El Salvador
Costa Rica
Panama
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Puerto RicoColombia
Peru
Rwanda
Tanzania
Where Coffee Comes From (cont.)
Malawi
Kenya
Ethiopia
Yemen
India
Sumatra
Sulawesi
Java
Papau New Guinea
Brazil- World’s biggest producer of coffee (produces nearly twice as much as Vietnam and Columbia combined in 2012)
Galapagos
Human Rights and Environmental Concerns
Coffee Rust- a strange fungal disease that became widespread by the mid- 19th century.
Guatemala has declared a national emergency because of a recent coffee rust outbreak which is causing even more
devastation than when the outbreak first came out.
There are also reports of disease in Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Mexico.
Water usage
37 gallons of water to produce one cup of coffee
Cultural Concerns
Coffee Plantation in South India
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The British controlled many coffee plantations in Southern India and Sri Lanka (then known as Ceylon) during the 18th and
19th centuries.
Fair Trade issues
Environmental Consequences
Deforestation
Soil erosion
Loss of trees
River and stream pollution
How It Is Used In The U.S.
For energy (caffeine)
More than half of the US drinks coffee everyday
There is about 95 mg in one cup of coffee
Socializing
At work
Work Cited
"All About Coffee." - National Coffee Association. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Sept. 2013.
"Coffee Drinking Statistics." Statistic Brain RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Sept. 2013.
"Coffee Geography: Where Does Coffee Come From?" Fairway Market. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Sept. 2013.
"Coffee." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 24 Sept. 2013. Web. 24 Sept. 2013.
"The Oatmeal." 15 Things Worth Knowing About Coffee -. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Sept. 2013.
"TED Case Studies." Case Study. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Sept. 2013
Tepper, Rachel. "As Coffee Rust Devastates Latin America, Colombia's Cenicafé Leads The Resistance." The Huffington Post.
TheHuffingtonPost.com, 25 Mar. 2013. Web. 24 Sept. 2013.