From Lab to Life: Coffee’s Health BENEFITS

These days, it seems as if the world runs on hydrocarbons – and the price of oil reflects an apparent shortage of them.

Let me, however, make the case that the world runs on coffee, not oil.   Worldwide, more than two  billion cups of coffee are consumed every day – or almost one cup for every three people on the planet.    To make this coffee, 180 million 60-kg bags of coffee beans are ground every year.

The United States drinks over 400 million cups daily—but the highest per-person consumption happens in Northern and Western Europe.  After water, coffee is the most consumed beverage on Earth and the world’s second most traded physical commodity (after oil).  Two thirds of U.S. adults drink coffee daily.  In recent years, the price of coffee has risen to historic highs, partly due to the impact of climate change on the growth of coffee........

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