Where do coffee beans come from?

Jules68

The coffee tree is a shrub with a straight trunk which can survive for about 70 years. The first flowers appear during the third year, but production is only profitable from the fifth year onwards. 18th century botanists classified Coffea as a member of the Rubiaceous family. Of around sixty different species of coffee tree, two alone dominate world trade - the Coffea arabica, or, more simply, Arabica, which represents 75% of production; and the Coffea canephora, which is commonly known by the name of the most widespread variety: Robusta. http://www.justaboutcoffee.com/index.php?file=coffeetree Feb 10 03, 1:42 AM

Gnomon

Brazil, Central America, East Africa, Malaysia and Indonesia. "Brazil remains by far the largest Coffee Beans producer with an average output of 28% of the total. Even world renowned Colombia is a distant second at only 16%, with Indonesia less than half that at 7%. Mexico, the fourth largest producer is half again at 4%." http://www.beverageanswers.com/coffee/coffee-beans-producers.html Also see Q#27988 http://www.funtrivia.com/askft/Question27988.html Feb 10 03, 7:48 AM

Creedy

The coffee bean plant is thought to have been discovered in the northeast region of Ethiopia, and the cultivation of coffee first expanded in the Arab world. The earliest credible evidence of coffee drinking appears in the middle of the fifteenth century, in the Sufi monasteries of Yemen in southern Arabia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee Aug 21 10, 11:55 PM