Friday, September 26, 2008

18 Coffee Trees per person? I could not live with that few...

20 Million -- That's how many families (about 60 to 80 million people) depend on coffee for their income. After oil, coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world.

100 -- That's how many coffee beans it takes to make one cup of coffee on average.

4,000 -- One coffee tree yields about 4,000 beans per year on average.

18 -- If you drink 2 cups of coffee a day, you will need 18 coffee trees devoted just to you. And it takes 5 years before a tree is fully mature and productive.

Not around these parts, it going to take more like 90 tree for the Caffeinated Cyclist's daily habit

Read more at Treehugger.com. But ignore the heresy about giving up the coffee habit to live a 'greener' life

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