Brief Product
Description
Coffee is abreweddrinkwith a distinctaromaandflavour,prepared from roastedcoffee beans,which are the seeds found
inside"berries"of theCoffeaplant. Coffee plants are
cultivatedin
over 70 countries,
primarily in the equatorial regions ofthe Americas, Southeast. Asia,ndiaandAfrica.The
two 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)