By Ashlenne Sperber Most of the worlds coffee

By: Ashlenne Sperber

� Most of the worlds coffee is consumed in Europe but South America produces the most � Coffee is really a fruit. It has a jasmine like blossom that lasts little more than a day. � Harvesting is either done by a hand picking or by machine striping. � The coffee beans are under the pulp in the coffee cherry. � To be able to get to the bean you have to remove the parchment and the silver skin.

� Coffee was introduced to Brazil in 1727 by a man named Francisco Demello Palheta. � Today Brazil is the worlds largest coffee producer. � Brazilian coffee beans are not just used to make coffee they can roast them and amplify their diverse characteristics. � Coffee can only be grown in tropical areas of the world like Brazil.

� Coffee was introduced to Venezuela in 1830 - 1855. � The reason they started to grow coffee is people needed something to do for a living with the war and social unrest going on. � When oil was discovered the prices of the coffee skyrocketed because the land wasn’t being used for coffee but for oil. � Venezuelan beans are mostly Arabica but it depends on where they’re being grown.

Coffee was introduced to Colombia in the late 1800 s. � Colombia produces about 12% of the worlds coffee. � In the year 2012, Vietnam is supposed to surpass Colombia. � There are two main regions that are used to produce coffee: the towns of Medellin, Armenia, and Manizales in the central region. Bogota, and Bucaramanga in the eastern mountainous region. �

� They are heated in a large bin then roasted in a toaster. � Some of the temperatures can get up to {464 degrees f -527 degrees f} � Beans are dumped into a hopper to be screened to remove debris. � The way they determine the heat of the roast is they look at the color by eye. � There are two most common roasting machines they are the drum and the hot air.

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