COFFEE :WHAT U KNOW???

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In 1950, William Rosenberg founded Dunkin' Donuts.

Dunkin donuts has 5300 shops in 31countries.

"Coffee" comes from the Latin form of the genus Coffea, a member of the Rubiaceae family that includes more than 500 genera and 6,000 species of tropical trees and shrubs.

Coffee beans are not beans, but the pits of a fruit that resemble cherries.

Approximately 2,000 berries are needed to make one pound of coffee.

There are about 25 major species within coffee, but the typical coffee drinker is likely to be familiar with two; Arabica and Robusta. Arabica represents approximately 70 percent of the world's coffee production.

An Arabica coffee plant takes about five years to mature and produce its first crop.

Coffee cherries start as green in early stage of growth, turn yellow, red, then dark crimson when they are finally ripe.

Coffee plants bloom with white blossoms, with a sweet jasmine scent.

Species of coffee trees can grow as tall as 32 feet with leaves ranging in color from purple to yellow. The green coffee leaf is the predominant color.

Coffee beans are roasted at 400°F.

When roasted, a coffee bean doubles in size, and the carmelization of the sugar turns its color from green to brown.

The longer a coffee is roasted, the more caffeine burns off during the process, therefore dark roasted coffees actually have less caffeine than medium roasts.

Hawaii is the only state in the U.S. to produce coffee.

Coffee is the second most valuable traded commodity, second only to oil