Interestingly enough most people picture expresso machines steaming away next to coffee makers either in the comfort of a kitchen or at the local coffeehouse. Ethiopia gave birth to the coffee craze that has flooded across worldwide borders. It still produces coffee from wild treed forests its sub-tropical environment. Coffee can only be grown in that environment or in the world’s tropical regions, where they get plenty of sun and needed rain.
Coffee growth is restricted to a narrow ring from 23 North to 25 South A Turkish proverb describes it as ‘… black as hell, strong as death, sweet as love…’ In fact coffee is a commodity that is 2nd only to the oil industry in dollar for volume production. Over 70 countries now supply it.
The largest coffee production is found in Brazil – 28% of the world total. Columbia produces only 16%. Indonesia provides only 7%, and Mexico follows closely with 4%.
The best beans are grown in higher altitudes, but many varieties have acclimatized to other regions. Brazilian coffee plantations cover huge areas. Hundreds of laborers are employed to tend the young plants. Columbia is more...