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Coffee

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

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Coffee

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  1. Coffee • Teddya Konopka and Madison Misuro

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. Environmental Consequences • Deforestation • Soil erosion • Loss of trees • River and stream pollution

  8. 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

  9. Work Cited • "All About Coffee." - National Coffee Association. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Sept. 2013. • "Coffee Drinking Statistics." Statistic Brain RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Sept. 2013. • "Coffee Geography: Where Does Coffee Come From?" Fairway Market. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Sept. 2013. • "Coffee." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 24 Sept. 2013. Web. 24 Sept. 2013. • "The Oatmeal." 15 Things Worth Knowing About Coffee -. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Sept. 2013. •  "TED Case Studies." Case Study. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Sept. 2013 • Tepper, Rachel. "As Coffee Rust Devastates Latin America, Colombia's Cenicafé Leads The Resistance." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 25 Mar. 2013. Web. 24 Sept. 2013.

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