Newhall Coffee

One coffee tree produces 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of coffee per year

On an average coffee bean farm, pickers gather between 100 to 200 pounds of cherries (coffee beans are the seeds of these fruit). Of these, 20 percent are actually coffee beans (20 to 40 pounds); It takes one picker three to six days to fill one bag.

Approximately 7 million tons of “green coffee” (coffee beans before they are roasted) is produced globally, each year.

Coffee was first discovered in Ethiopia.

Coffee is grown in more than 50 countries in the world.

More than 25 million people around the world earn their living from coffee.

Coffee is one of the most valuable products in world trade, some years, second only to oil.

The optimal water temperature for brewing coffee is 92 to 96 degrees Celsius (197.6 – 204.8 F) for 90 percent of the contact time.

The first company to sell coffee in a sealed tin container was Chase & Sanborn in 1878. Brand names were Chase & Sanborn Seal Brand and Crusade Coffee.

Espresso is a strong coffee brewed by quickly forcing hot water through darkly roasted, finely ground coffee beans.

In 1898 Edwin Norton was awarded a patent for a process to vacuum seal foods – in 1903 Hills Brothers became the first company to use this process for tinned coffee.

Coffee aroma is responsible for all flavor attributes other than the sour taste attributes perceived by the tongue.

According to the National Coffee Association:

		54 percent of adults in the U.S. drink coffee daily representing 110 million daily drinkers.

		Of these, 20 million American adults drink gourmet coffee beverages daily

		Men drink more coffee than women (1.9 cups per day vs. 1.4)

		Coffee drinkers consume an average of 3.1 cups of coffee per day

		The average coffee cup is 9 ozs.

		35 percent of coffee drinkers take it black; 62 percent add sweeteners and/or creaming agent

		62 percent of coffee is consumed at breakfast; 22 percent between meals and 16 percent at other meals