Facts

cups of coffee are consumed every day worldwide

1 cup of coffee

The maximum daily recommended

intake is 400 mg

There are

smallholders directlydependent on coffee for their livelihoods

in the world, mostly

of the world’s

coffee 90% is produced in

developing countries

Main producers are

BRAZILVIETNAMCOLOMBIA

Sources: wikipedia.org; Food Standards Agency; International Coffee Organization.

Billion

Arabica Robusta

2

COFFEE

100mgof caffeine

contains an average of

The Coffee Bean Belt

There are 2 main varieties of coffee:

Arabica coffee is of higher quality and more expensive. It grows at higher altitudes.

25 million

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Tropic of Cancer

Tropic of Capricorn

Equator

coffee exportsamounted to a total of

2009/2010In

15 billion

“comfort zone” and moving it up to

coffee producers

Climate change is reducing Arabica’s

higher altitudes and cooler climates

US dollars