Song Bird (#)

  „What does coffeehave to do with birds?  Plenty!  In the mid-elevations ofMexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and Colombia, most of the forestsstill standing are in traditional coffee plantations.  Theseprovide the last refuge for birds that have lost their habitat to thevast destruction of tropical forests.“

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Birds are crazy

  „In the regions most heavily used by migratorybirds--Mesoamerica, the Caribbean islands, and Colombia--coffee plantation"forests" cover 2.7 million hectares, or almost half of the permanent cropland.In southern Mexico, coffee plantations cover an area over half the size of all of themajor moist tropical forest reserves, providing critical woodland habitat in mid-elevationareas where virtually no large reserves are found.“

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The History Of Coffee - National Coffee Association

  „Today coffee is grown in a multitude of countries around the world.  Whether it is Asia or Africa, Central or South America, the islands of the Caribbean or Pacific, all can trace their heritage to the trees in the ancient coffee forests on the Ethiopian plateau.“

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- Coffee Science Information Centre

  „Coffee trees are indigenous to Africa, and can still be found growing wild in the hills of Ethiopia. Today coffee is cultivated in some eighty countries in South and Central America, the Caribbean, Africa and Asia, generally in areas lying between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. The two biggest producers by far are Brazil and Colombia, followed by Indonesia, Vietnam and Mexico.“

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CoffeeGeek - Espresso: Machines and Grinders, One Geek's gripes about Starbucks

  „I am a great fan of cafe culture and have been in my fair share of coffee houses and bars throughout Europe, Asia, the Caribbean and South America. As Dave says, there isn't a lot of consistency to be found and I think a lot has to do with the varying skills of the baristas that are manning the machines as well as the dreck that is supplied by most large scale commercial roasters. The owners are out to make a buck and one way is to keep the cost of supplies low.“

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Coffee by Country | Page 1

  „At one time, Venezuela ranked close to Colombia in coffee production, but in the 1960s and 70s, as petroleum turned Venezuela into the richest country in South America, coffee was relegated to the economic back burner. Today Venezuela produces less than one percent of the world's coffee, and most of it is drunk by the Venezuelans themselves. Now that petroleum has failed to bring lasting prosperity, the Venezuelan government is attempting to promote coffee growing and exporting again as a means of diversifying and stabilizing its economy.“

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