Biggest coffee producers and drinkers in the world
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Coffee beans are found in coffee cherries, which grow on trees cultivated in over 70 countries, primarily in equatorial Latin America, Southeast Asia, South Asia and Africa.
Green (unroasted) coffee is one of the most traded agricultural commodities in the world. Coffee can have a stimulating effect on humans due to its caffeine content. It is one of the most-consumed beverages in the world.
Let's have a look at the biggest coffee producers and drinkers in the world.
NOTE: One bag weighs 60 kilogrammes.
Image: A combination photo shows cups of latte with patterns made of milk and espresso that were entered in the Coffee Fest in New York.
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Brazil
Production: 54,500 coffee bags
Global rank: 1
Image: A rainbow forms after a cloudburst over Brazilian Congress in capital Brasilia.
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Vietnam
Production: 18,725 coffee bags
Global rank: 2
Image: Stone statues of Buddhist arhats on a truck in Vietnam
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Colombia
Production: 9,500 coffee bags
Global rank: 3
Image: General view of illuminated Christmas decorations at Monserrate church in Bogota.
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Indonesia
Production: 9,325 coffee bags
Global rank: 4
Image: An Indonesian zoo worker feeds three hippos at Ragunan Zoo in Jakarta.
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India
Production: 5,100 coffee bags
Global rank: 5
Image: Guards stand in Mughal gardens surrounding Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.
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Ethiopia
Production: 4,400 coffee bags
Global rank: 6
Image: Traffic flows down a main street in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa.
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Honduras
Production: 4,000 coffee bags
Global rank: 7
Image: A view of Cayo Bolanos, one of many Garifuna-inhabited islands on the northern coast of Honduras.
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Peru
Production: 4,000 coffee bags
Global rank: 8
Image: Aerial view of Peru's capital Lima.
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Guatemala
Production: 3,910 coffee bags
Global rank: 9
Image: Children play near a fountain at the Parque Central in Guatemala City.
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Mexico
Production: 3,700 coffee bags
Global rank: 10
Image: Hot air balloons float next to the Sun pyramids of Teotihuacan outside Mexico City.
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Luxembourg
Coffee consumption: 25.55kg per capita
Global rank: 1
Image: A view of the city of Luxembourg.
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Finland
Coffee consumption: 12.62kg per capita
Global rank: 2
Image: Tourists take part in the reindeer safari at Arctic Circle near Rovaniemi, northern Finland.
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Switzerland
Coffee consumption: 9.15kg per capita
Global rank: 3
Image: A view of the Wollerau village on the edge of Lake Zurich in the canton of Schwyz.
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Norway
Coffee consumption: 8.99kg per capita
Global rank: 4
Image: People walk past the Grand Hotel in Oslo.
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Sweden
Coffee consumption: 8.28kg per capita
Global rank: 5
Image: Pedestrians walk down the main shopping street in Stockholm's Gamla Stan or Old Town district.
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Italy
Coffee consumption: 5.98kg per capita
Global rank: 6
Image: People stroll in downtown Florence.
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Canada
Coffee consumption: 5.80kg per capita
Global rank: 7
Image: People play a game of pickup soccer in downtown Toronto.
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The United States
Coffee consumption: 4.17kg per capita
Global rank: 8
Image: The Empire State Building stands tall on the skyline of midtown Manhattan in New York.
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Romania
Coffee consumption: 3.79kg per capita
Global rank: 9
Image: Tourists have dinner inside the Balea Lac Hotel of Ice in the Fagaras mountains, 300km northwest of Bucharest.
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Japan
Coffee consumption: 3.33kg per capita
Global rank: 10
Photographs: Issei Kato/Reuters
Source : www.rediff.com
