The history of coffee goes far back as the 10th century with a number of reports & legends about its first use

2. Contents
• History of Coffee
• Different types of Coffees Beans
• The Most Expensive Coffees in the world
• Top 10 Coffees in the World
• Facts about coffee
• International Coffee Day
• Movies on Coffee

3. History of Coffee
• The history of coffee goes far back as the 10th century with a number
of reports & legends about its first use
• Native origin of coffee is thought to have been Ethiopia
• Earliest authenticated evidence of either coffee drinking or
knowledge of the coffee tree is from the 15th century, in the Sufi
monasteries of Yemen
• By the 16th century, it had reached the rest of the Middle
East, Persia, Turkey, Horn of Africa, & northern Africa
• Coffee then spread to the Balkans, Italy & to the rest of Europe, to
Indonesia & then to America

4. Types of Coffee Beans
The 2 varieties of coffee beans differ in taste, growing conditions & price

5. • Arabica is a milder & a less bitter coffee with tones of sugar,
fruit & berries
• Arabica coffee beans grow in mountainous climates
• Acidity is high with a winey taste that characterizes coffee with
excellent acidity
• Arabica is also grown in Africa & Papua New Guinea, but it's
grown dominantly in Latin America

6. • Has a strong, harsh taste with grain-like overtones & peanut aftertaste
• Higher caffeine content than Arabica coffee beans
• Generally considered to be of an inferior quality to Arabica
• Easier to grow & can flourish at lower altitudes
• Used for instant coffees & as a filler for cheap ground coffee blends
• Robusta is grown exclusively in the Eastern Hemisphere, primarily in
Africa & Indonesia

7. • Before the roasting process coffee beans are green, they turn
brown later
• Once roasted they should be used as quickly as possible before
the fresh roast flavor begins to diminish
• Roasting brings out the aroma & flavor that is locked inside the
green coffee beans
• Roasts fall into one of four color categories — light, medium,
medium-dark or dark
The Roasting Process

8. The Most Expensive Coffee in the world
• Kopi Luwak is the most expensive coffees in the world
• Main factor of it’s high price is the uncommon method of producing
such a coffee
• It has been produced from the coffee beans which have been digested
by a certain Indonesian cat-like animal called palm civet or also civet
cat
• Kopi luwak is also called cat poop coffee or civet cat coffee
• The feces of this cat will be collected, finished & sold as Kopi Luwak

9. Top Ten Coffees in the World
• 1. Luwak Coffee (Indonesia)
• 2. Hacienda La Esmeralda (Boquete, Panama)
• 3. St. Helena Coffee Company’s Island (St. Helena)
• 4. El Injerto (Huehuetenango, Guatemala)
• 5. Fazenda Santa Ines (Minas Gerais, Brazil)
• 6. Blue Mountain (Wallenford Estate, Jamaica)
• 7. Los Planes (Citala, El Salvador)
• 8. Hawaiian Kona Coffee (Hawaii)
• 9. Starbucks Rwanda Blue Bourbon (Gatare/Karengera, Rwanda)
• 10. Coffee Yauco Selecto AA (Puerto Rico)

10. Some facts about coffee
• Coffee is the 2nd most traded commodity on earth
• Coffee is actually a fruit, they are actually pits of a cherry-like berry
• According to many historians, coffee was first discovered by a herd of
goats. An Ethiopian herder discovered a bean making his goats crazy in
9th century which was later termed as coffee beans
• Coffee was the 1st food to be freeze-dried
• The majority of coffee is produced in Brazil (40%)
• The largest cup of coffee ever brewed was in July 2014 in South Korea
which was over 3,700 gallons
• The largest iced coffee ever brewed was in Las Vegas in 2010, & was
1,500 gallons — ice not included

11. International Coffee Day
• An annual event observed on Sept 29 in a handful of countries for
celebration & enjoyment of the popular beverage
• This day is also used to promote fair trade coffee & to raise awareness for
the plight of the coffee growers
• Many businesses around the world offer free or discounted cups of coffee
• Some businesses share coupons & special deals with their loyal followers
via social networking
• Some greeting card companies sell National Coffee Day greeting cards as
well as free e-cards to help celebrate the occasion

12. Movies on Coffee
• The Coffee - A Short Film
• Black Coffee (Cannes Film Festival Short Film Corner 2013)
• A Coffee Day-Malayalam Short film

13. Images are for representation purposes only