Starbucks au Natural

Coffee Plantation facts:

• Coffee originated in Ethiopia
• For every $1.00 consumed, the producing country gets $.16 and the consuming country gets $.84
• 1 crop a year (right now the beans are just growing and are green)
• Dark roast has less caffeine than light roast
• 1 tree of coffee beans= 1 lb of roasted coffee=40 cups of coffee

A coffee bean picker can pick up to 100 lbs in an 8 hour day. This is very hard work and they only make 25 Quetzales for the day (aprx $3.50 Cdn).

There were a lot of other interesting facts on our tour, but I can only retain so much stuff..........especially when I don't drink the stuff!

You may be getting a bag of coffee for Christmas from this plantation!