During the Ottoman Empire, coffee made its way to the shore of Europe. Today Turkish coffee is still a favorite all over the world. Commercialization started around the 16 and 17th century and spread through Europe through Venice Italy and later Holland as the Dutch dominated the world's merchant shipping industry. Today Europe is still rich in coffee tradition and is the center of modern coffee culture with coffee shops serving millions of cappuccinos and espressos each day.

Coffee is only grown in tropical countries. Two basic types of Coffee exist, ARABICA grown at heights of 1000 to 1500 m above sea level & ROBUSTA grown at sea level. There are more than 50 producing origins and over 500 different qualities. With such variety, coffee tasting is more complex than even wine tasting, consisting of over a thousand different taste notes.

Brazil is the by far the largest coffee producer in the world followed by Vietnam, Colombia and Indonesia. Brazil’s vast coffee regions make it ideal to harvest some of the finest Arabica and Robusta beans in the world. Brazil’s Minas Gerais is world renown for its outstanding Arabica coffees. The diverse landscape and tropical climate in Vietnam makes it ideal to be the second largest producer of Robusta beans in the world.

Each year, we consume more than 6.4 million tons of coffee which equals more than 765 billion cups throughout the world.