| Caffeine is, without at all overestimating its importance, | | | | Although they are known the world over for their |
| quite possibly one of the most important substances in | | | | Carnival and domination of the rest of the World at |
| the world. Tea leaves are grown in many parts of the | | | | soccer's World Cup, Brazil also boasts excellent |
| world such as South Africa, India and China. Without | | | | coffee of their own. As a matter of fact, statistics can |
| their morning fix of caffeine from organic rooibos tea, | | | | back up the fact that Brazil is the largest producer of |
| organic white tea, or an energy drink many people | | | | coffee in the entire world. Many of the beans from |
| would not be able to function and be productive | | | | Brazil come from small farms; according to sources |
| members of society. People, often times without | | | | almost all of these plantations are smaller than ten |
| knowing it, can in fact get addicted to caffeine and | | | | hectares. Brazilian coffee, according to the basic rules |
| heavy users sometimes suffer from symptoms of | | | | of supply and demand, costs less than their |
| withdrawal without access to caffeine for a few days. | | | | counterparts in Jamaica because there is more of it, |
| Another popular, and probably the most popular, | | | | meaning that demand most likely will never be larger |
| caffeinated drink is coffee, which is grown in many | | | | than the supply, preventing producers from charging |
| different counties across the world. Many people do | | | | the same high prices that Blue Mountain coffee can |
| not bother to look into where the coffee that they | | | | fetch on the free market. |
| drink has come from, but it in fact can come from | | | | Directly behind Brazil, in second place in terms of |
| nearly anywhere. | | | | coffee production, is Colombia. The small South |
| Connoisseurs of the famous black beverage often | | | | American nation gets a big boost to its economy from |
| say that the best coffee comes from Jamaica, | | | | the trade of coffee that it produces; needless to say in |
| surprisingly. More a nation known for Bob Marley, | | | | such a small country this bean is crucial to the lives of |
| reggae music and calm, tranquil beaches they also in | | | | many Colombians. Furthermore, the country is lucky |
| fact grow some excellent coffee beans. The region | | | | enough to have trading ports in both the Atlantic and |
| best known for coffee in Jamaica is called the Blue | | | | the Pacific Oceans to aid in production and shipping of |
| Mountain region, and the beans from this place can | | | | their key cash crop. In fact, the crop is alleged to be so |
| often cost up to the equivalent of thirty five dollars per | | | | important to the nation that all cars entering the |
| pound in Japan and fifty nine dollars here in the United | | | | country are sprayed with chemicals to kill any bacteria |
| States. While that may seem ridiculous, it is the price | | | | on them so that they will not hurt the coffee beans. |
| point for a reason and people with the money and | | | | Although many fail to realize its importance, coffee is |
| required love of coffee have been paying up for this | | | | one of the most important and sought after crops in |
| flavorful brew for years and will in the years to come. | | | | the world and can greatly affect the global economy. |