Coffee Facts

1. Coffee is the second most traded product in the world after petroleum. World wide coffee production tips the scales at about 6 million metric tonnes.

2. It takes five years for a coffee tree to reach maturity. The average yield from one tree is the equivalent of one roasted pound of coffee.

3. People who buy coffee primarily at drive through windows on their way to work will spend as much as 45 hours a year waiting in line.

4. Of the various botanical species of coffee trees in the world, only two are extensively cultivated commercially; Arabica and Robusta.