Every bean of every single cup of coffee that you drink has originated from the coffee tree. As a result of this, the coffee growing industry is absolutely massive througout the world. Some of the statistics regarding this are quite staggering - we've attempted to consolidate the most interesting ones here.

• All coffee is grown within 1,000 miles of the equator, from the Tropic of Cancer in the north, to the Tropic of Capricorn in the south.
• Among all of the major agricultural products of the world, coffee harvesting remains virtually untouched by mechanisation.
• The Americas produce approximately 2/3 of the world's coffee supply.
• The two main suppliers of coffee in the world are Brazil and Colombia, with Brazil contributing around 30% of the total.
• Over five million people are employed in Brazil by the coffee trade. Most of those are involved with the cultivation and harvesting of over 3 billion coffee plants.
• The best soil for growing coffee consists of leaf mould, other organic matter and disintegrated volcanic rock!
• The coffee tree produces its first full crop when it is about five years old. Thereafter it produces consistently for 15 to 20 years.
• From the mid 1800s up until the 1970s, over 50% of Brazil's foreign trade income came from growing coffee beans.
• There are three main commercial types of coffee bean from amongst many these are Arabica, Robusta and Liberia.
• Robusta and Liberian coffee grows best at lower altitudes whereas Arabica is better suited to higher altitudes.
• Coffee berries do not ripen uniformly. The same branch may display ripe red berries, unripe green berries and overripe black berries. Conscientious growers select only the ripe berries.
• To make a roasted pound of coffee it takes around 2,000 hand-picked Arabica coffee cherries. With 2 beans per cherry - this means around 4,000 beans are in a single pound of coffee.
• A mature coffee tree will produce one pound of coffee per growing season.
• German immigrants in Guatemala developed a cultivation process to use in extreme weather conditions. They burn rubbish near the plantations in severe weather and the dense smoke protects the trees from frost and produces a smoky flavour in the beans.
• Hawaii is the only state of the United States in which coffee is commercially grown.
• Hawaii features an annual Kona Festival - a coffee picking contest. Each year the winner becomes a state celebrity