A Visual Guide To Coffee

A VISUAL GUIDE TO COFFEE +400 BILLION Coffee is the most popular hot drink worldwide with over 400 billion cups consumed each year. It takes around 42 coffee beans to make an espresso. USA of coffee consumption takes place during breakfast hours 65 100 MILLION AMERICANS - DRINK - of US coffee drinkers claim to need a cup to start their day 60 350- MILLION CUPS OF COFFEE of US coffee drinkers have a cup within an hour of waking up PER DAY 68 54 of Americans over the age of 18 drink coffee daily 54) of US coffee drinkers say coffee makes them feel more like their self 35 of US coffee drinkers prefer black coffee 65 of US coffee drinkers add cream and/or sugar - UK- 35 of UK coffee drinkers prefer their coffee black % 65 of UK coffee drinkers add a sweetener such as sugar 70 MILLION CUPS OF COFFEE of all coffee drunk at home - DRANK IN THE UK 77 in the UK is instant coffee PER DAY on average, men drink more coffee than women in the UK 1.7 cups 1.5 cups per day per day COFFEE CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA (kg/year) 12kg 9.9kg 9kg 8.7kg 8.4kg 8.2kg Finland Norway Iceland Denmark Netherlands Sweden 7.9kg 6.8kg 6.5kg 6.2kg 6.1kg 5.9kg 5.8kg 5.8kg Switzerland Belgium Canada Bosnia Austria Italy Slovenia Brazil Herzegovina 5.5kg 5.5kg 5.4kg 5.1kg 4.9kg 4.8kg Germany Greece France Croatia Cyprus Lebanon TOP 10 COUNTRIES BY COFFEE PRODUCTION (kg/year) BRAZIL 2,550,720,009 kg VIETNAM 900,000,000 kg COLOMBIA 696,000,000 kg INDONESIA 411,000,000 kg ETHIOPIA 390,000,000 kg INDIA 300,300,000 kg MEXICO 270,000,000 kg GUATEMALA 240,000,000 kg 10 HONDURAS 162,000,000 kg ETHE PERFECT CUP= OF COFFEE In the 1950's MIT chemistry professor E. E. Lockhart surveyed a number of Americans to find the perfect brew. Here are the results: 1.5 Strong/ Underdeveloped Strong Strong/Bitter 1.3 Underdeveloped PERFECTION Bitter 1.1 Weak/ Weak Weak/Bitter Underdeveloped 0.9 14 18 22 26 % Extraction Confused? No need. The percentage of extraction is just the amount of coffee particles extracted from the dry grounds. Did he make it simpler? Yep! Here is the golden ratio for the perfect cup of coffee. 17.42 : 1 The Golden Ratio water coffee Simple! So. 20% 1.28% 30g COFFEE 523ml EXTRACTION TOTAL DISSOLVED WATER SOLIDS Use this as a starting point, then you can adjust to meet your preference. COFFEE AROUND THE WORLD Turkish law makes it legal for a woman to divorce her husband if he fails to provide her with her daily quota of coffee. Australians consume 60% more coffee than tea, a six fold increase since 1940. The Europeans first added chocolate to their coffee in the 1600's. Coffee represents three-quarters of all the caffeine consumed in the USA. Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa. In Greece and Turkey, the oldest person is almost always served their coffee first. Iced coffee in a can has been popular in Japan since 1945. THE MOST EXPEN$IVE STARBUCKS COFFEES EVER (correct on August 8th 2014) A competition of little rules, other than to fit more coffee than humanly consumable into one container. Unfortunately Starbucks are now tightening down on issuing these concoctions. Tarrod ameera Stove $71:35. $60-00 $57.75 A Venti Mocha Cookie Frappuccino A 60 shot Frappuccino concoction with Water and espresso shots (84 to be exact), with 77 shots of espresso, which is about 6000mg of caffeine including all of the extras clocking in at 6,300mg of caffeine caramel, white mocha, hazelnut and vanilla FAMOUS COFFEE DRINKERS Ludvig van Beethoven .only drank coffee that he made himself and always counted 60 beans per cup .the French philosopher allegedly drank 50 cups of coffee a day! Voltaire "If I can't drink my bowl of coffee three times daily, then in my torment, I will shrivel up like a piece of roast goat" .loved coffee so much that he Johann Sebastian Bach composed a piece called "The Coffee Cantata" Sources enwikipedia org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_coffee_consumption_per_capita enwikipedia.org/wiki/List_of countries by coffee_production www.realcoffee.co.uk/coffee-encyclopedia/trivia/consumption-facts www.vanhoutte.com/en-ca/c-the-coffee-blog/coffee-culture/famous www.caffeineinformer.com/what-is-the-most-expensive-starbucks-drink consumerist.com/2014/07/14/58-seagintuple-frap-2-0-breaks-starbucks-free-drink-record mashable.com/2014/07/16/most-expensive-starbucks-drink-57-dollars wwwtheatlanticcom/health/archive/2013/08/how-to-make-perfect-coffee/278944 http:/www.bbc.oo.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-26869244 appliance city couk 2 10,000,000 kg % Strength II D-E-