Coffee - Myth or fact?
Coffee is the second most
traded product in the world
after petroleum... Click here
The name coffee comes from the Arabic word “qahwah”, meaning wine FACT
and not from the town of Kaffa, in Ethiopia (Abyssinia), as many writers
have supposed MYTH
Our knowledge of coffee is about 1000 years old FACT
The espresso drink is only 100 years old FACT
Coffee originated in Brazil MYTH
Coffee grows in the wild in the Limu region of Ethiopia FACT
Coffee derived it’s name from the town of Kaffa in Ethiopia MYTH
Top grade Arabica coffee only yields 700kg to 1500kg per hectare FACT
The average coffee drinker consumes 4-6kg of roasted coffee per annum; South
Africans only consume 0.6kg per person per annum FACT
It takes five years for a coffee tree to reach maturity. The average yield from one tree
is the equivalent of 500g of roasted beans FACT
Coffee is the second most traded product in the world after petroleum FACT
Arabica beans contain half the caffeine of Robusta FACT