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To: ColtonGang who wrote (164629)	7/26/2001 4:45:31 AM
From: ColtonGang	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769669

OT.........did you know that Coffee is the second most-traded commodity in the world after oil, measured in export dollars. It is produced in 80 countries in tropical regions, most of them environmentally sensitive. The largest exporters are Brazil, Colombia, Vietnam, Indonesia and Mexico. The largest importer is the United States. Fully 80% of adult Americans are regular or occasional coffee drinkers. Only 14% say they're daily consumers of gourmet coffees — premium blends, latte, espresso, café mocha, cappuccino and frozen and ice-blended coffee beverages. But that number represents almost 29 million people, up from about 8 million five years ago, according to a 2001 survey by the National Coffee Association.