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One latte needs 200 l of water
Here?s the breakdown, by liters, of the water needed to make that latte: 0.1 for the water itself 2.5 to make the plastic lid 5.5 to make the paper cup and sleeve 7.5 to grow the sugar 49.5 to feed the cows that make the milk 143 to grow the coffee That adds up to more than 200 liters of water to make a latte. - Read More
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Topics : Water
Organic coffee in US and Canada
Organic coffee has surged in popularity in US and Canada
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Topics : Agriculture
Coffee second largest import in the US
Coffee is the second largest import in the US after petroleum - it is such a cherished commodity
Topics : Agriculture
There's oil in that coffee
he realized coffee beans contained a significant amount of oil. ?I made a coffee one night but forgot to drink it,? he said. ?The next morning I saw a layer of oil floating on it.? He and his team thought there might be a useful amount of oil in used grounds, so they went to several Starbucks stores and picked up about 50 pounds of them. Analysis showed that even the grounds contained about 10 to 15 percent oil by weight. - Read More
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Topics : Oil