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Coffee • Teddya Konopka and Madison Misuro
Coffee • The coffee bean is the seed found inside of the fruit (the coffee cherry) that comes from the coffee tree • Coffee trees are capable of growing in different climates • Most coffee beans are named after the specific region they were grown in • Caffeine (found in coffee) is one of the fastest acting drugs known to man • New Yorkers drink almost 7 times more coffee than other cities in the U.S. • http://www.statisticbrain.com/coffee-drinking-statistics/ http://www.nutripromag.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/shutterstock_120550147.jpg
Where Coffee Comes From • Hawaii- only state in the US that commercially grows coffee • Mexico • Guatemala • El Salvador • Costa Rica • Panama • Cuba • Dominican Republic • Puerto RicoColombia • Peru • Rwanda • Tanzania
Where Coffee Comes From (cont.) • Malawi • Kenya • Ethiopia • Yemen • India • Sumatra • Sulawesi • Java • Papau New Guinea • Brazil- World’s biggest producer of coffee (produces nearly twice as much as Vietnam and Columbia combined in 2012) • Galapagos
Human Rights and Environmental Concerns • Coffee Rust- a strange fungal disease that became widespread by the mid- 19th century. • Guatemala has declared a national emergency because of a recent coffee rust outbreak which is causing even more devastation than when the outbreak first came out. • There are also reports of disease in Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Mexico. • Water usage • 37 gallons of water to produce one cup of coffee
Cultural Concerns Coffee Plantation in South India • The British controlled many coffee plantations in Southern India and Sri Lanka (then known as Ceylon) during the 18th and 19th centuries. • Fair Trade issues http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Coffee _Plantation1.jpg/300px-Coffee_Plantation1.jpg
Environmental Consequences • Deforestation • Soil erosion • Loss of trees • River and stream pollution
How It Is Used In The U.S. • For energy (caffeine) • More than half of the US drinks coffee everyday • There is about 95 mg in one cup of coffee • Socializing • At work
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