I love coffee but don't drink it very often. Do you know where it originated from?
Coffee is native to tropical Africa and Madagascar.
Interesting! Do you drink a lot of coffee yourself?
I don't, although it is one of the most popular drinks in the world.
Really? Do you know how much is consumed each year?
Coffee
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain "Coffea" species. The genus "Coffea" is native to tropical Africa (specifically having its origin in Ethiopia and Sudan) and Madagascar, the Comoros, Mauritius, and Réunion in the Indian Ocean. Coffee plants are now cultivated in over 70 countries, primarily in the equatorial regions of the Americas, Southeast Asia, Indian subcontinent, and Africa. The two most commonly grown are "C. arabica" and "C.
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- A king beats a jack
- Many Americans drink coffee in the morning.
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