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 Coffee by Numbers

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Coffee ranks 2nd after water as the world's most consumed beverage.

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Each day, two out of three people consume coffee just about everywhere in the world.

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2.5 billion cups of coffee are consumed each day in the world.

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There are 70 coffee-producing countries, yielding 6 million tons of beans per year.

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Finland and Sweden are the two largest coffee consuming nations, averaging 5 cups per day per inhabitant.

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Coffee ranks 2nd in international trade (just behind oil!).

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France has 70,000 cafés. 5 million people visit them each day.

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Brazil produces 97% of the world's coffee, obviously making it the world's top coffee producer. Colombia is the second largest coffee producer.

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In Colombia, about 350,000 families make a living in the coffee industry.

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In coffee-producing countries, about 25 million people work in the coffee sector.

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