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Brewed coffee is the most widely consumed beverage in the world. THE trade in coffee beans alone amounts to well over 60 million US dollars a year. It is believed that the beverage was introduced into Arabia in the fifteenth century probably by Ethiopians. By the mid to late sixteenth century the Arabs had introduced the beverage to the Europeans who at first resisted it, because of its strong flavor and effect as a mild stimulant. The French, Italians and other Europeans incorporated coffee into their diets by the seventeenth century, the English however, preferred tea which they were then importing from India. Produced from the fruit of an evergreen tree coffee is grown primarily in Latin America southern Asia and Africa. Coffee trees require a hot climate; high humidity; rich soil with good drainage and partial shade, consequently they thrive on the east or west slopes of tropical volcanic mountains where the soil is laced with potash and drins easily. The coffee beans actually seeds grow inside bright; red berries. The berries are picked by hand and the beans are extracted by machine leaving a pilpy fruit residue that can be used as fertilizer. The beans are usually roasted in ovens a chemical process that releases the beans are produced in the world each with a different flavor attributable to the species and the soil and climate, where the variety was grown,