Here are is a fact that you might not have known about coffee to consider as you enjoy your coffee and flapjack this morning.  Most of the world’s coffee is still picked by hand, one bean at a time. An experienced coffee picker can pick about 7 baskets of coffee beans a day, each weighing 50-100 kg. The picker will be paid between $2 and $10 per basket of coffee cherries. Once the coffee cherries are dried and roasted, the coffee beans from that basket will sell for about $110.

Tea was rationed during the 2nd World War – 2oz per person per week. It was called Britain ’s secret weapon. In the heavy bombing raids people working or taking shelter said they were OK as long as they had a cup of tea!

Here are is a fact that you might not have known about coffee to consider as you enjoy your coffee and flapjack this morning.   Coffee is grown in 53 countries around the world, all of them located between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. The coffee industry employs more than 25 million people worldwide.

90% of tea we drink today is made with tea-bags.

Here are is a fact that you might not have known about coffee to consider as you enjoy your coffee and flapjack this morning.  In the United States they import 30% of the world’s coffee crop. That’s a full 1/3rd of all coffee grown in the world. The average U.S. adult drinks 3.4 cups of coffee a day, or about 26 gallons of coffee a year.

Oolong tea is popular in Taiwan and some parts of China.

Here are is a fact that you might not have known about coffee to consider as you enjoy your coffee and flapjack this morning.  Coffee cuppers have identified over 600 different unique flavors in coffee – rivaling the unique flavors that blend to make a glass of wine memorable. The flavor of coffee is dependent on region, climate and weather, and is affected by the way it is dried, stored and roasted.

Black tea is mainly drank in the western world on the continents of Europe and North America, and in other North African countries.

Here are is a fact that you might not have known about coffee to consider as you enjoy your coffee and flapjack this morning.  Ground coffee loses its freshness the fastest because far more of the bean is exposed to air and light, which leach away the flavour. That’s why coffee tastes best if you grind it right before you brew it.

Green tea is mainly consumed in North east Asia in Japan, Korea and China. And also in the North African country of Morocco