How little some of us know about coffee. If you're like me, you probably enjoy a good cup of coffee daily. I got some great beans over the holiday - Guatemala, Blue Smoke Coffee's Firefly and Canopy blends and, of course, my staple which is a nice, robust, full-bodied Guatemala or Sumatra from Coffee Labs next door. In the December 2012 edition of Beverage World, they highlighted the singular role of coffee as the leading beverage choice among consumers around the globe. Some interesting statistics caught my eye.
Top 10 U.S. Single Cup Coffee Brands
Green Mountain
Folgers Gourmet Selection
Starbucks
Newman's Own Organics
Donut House Collection
Keurig Caribou Coffee
Donut Shop Coffee People
Millstone
Tully's Coffee
Gloria Jeans Coffee
Top 10 Coffee-Producing Countries (this was an education!):
Brazil
Vietnam
Indonesia
Columbia
Ethiopia
Peru
India
Honduras
Mexico
Guatemala
Among the leading Coffee consuming countries, the U.S. was #1 with Brazil being #2.