Brief Product
Description Coffee is abreweddrinkwith a distinctaromaandflavour,prepared from roastedcoffee beans,which are the seeds found
inside"berries"of theCoffeaplant. Coffee plants are
cultivatedinover 70 countries,primarily in the equatorial regions
ofthe Americas, Southeast Asia,ndiaandAfrica.Thetwo most commonly grown are the highly
regardedarabica,and the less sophisticated but stronger and more
hardyrobusta.The latter is resistant to the coffee leaf
rust,Hemileia
vastatrix,but has a more bitter taste.Once ripe,coffee beans are picked,
processed,and dried. Green (unroasted) coffee beans are
one of the most traded agricultural commodities in the world.
Once traded, the beans areroastedto varying degrees,depending on the desired flavour,before being ground and brewed to create
coffee.
Estimate Production
Figure: 1,550,000 MT (FAO;2012)