World 



I I Oro^nfbrhome Cof^mmptici^ 



The TEA plant {Ternslromiaceae) is indigenous to China and 

 Assam, The chief species arc Thea bohea, Thea vindts^ and the 

 Assam variety, Thea a^samica. In China the plants grow 3 ft. to 5 ft. 

 higJi, with a bushy stem and numerous leafy branches. In Assam 

 they grow 20 ft. high. Warm, moist, smd equable dimates, with a 

 copious rainfall, suit tea best, and it is grown as far N. as Japan, and 

 as far S. as Natal. Its cultivation in China dates back to ancient 

 times. In 1826 the industry was started in Java, and about 1S36 

 in Assam, whence it gradually spread through India, which is now 

 the leading tea-exporting country. The important Ceylon tea indus- 

 try was started only 20 years ago. China is the greatest tea pro- 

 ducer, and until 1904, was the largest exporter also. The annual crop 

 produced is estimated at 2,000 million lbs. ; the rest of the world's 

 consumption exceeding 600 mihions. Tea grows all over China, but 

 the exports come from the S.E. provinces, and are exported in three 

 forms — black, green, and brick tea. Japan. — With a crop of nearly 

 55 millicjn lbs. (80 percent, of which is exported), Japan remains the 

 fourth largest producer, though the production is decreasing. In 

 Java the crop has increased from less than loi million lbs. in 1898, to 

 23i million lbs. at the present time. Formosa. — '' Oolong " tea repre- 

 sents four-fifths of the total crop of 20 to 24 million lbs., and is nearly 

 all exported. Natal (5,000 acres) has an output of nearly 3 million 

 Ibs.^ and Trans^Caucasia, nearly t million lbs. 



The COFFEE plant {Rubiaceae) is indigenous to Africa and 

 probably to tropical Asia. The chief varieties are Coffca arabica, 

 Coffea racemosa, Coffea libenca, and Coffca laurina^ It only grows 

 in tlie Tropics, where it thrives up to the frost time, the mountain 

 I)i"C)duct being decidedly superior. Brazil furnishes nearly three- 

 fourths of the world's supply (average crop 1,584,000,000 lbs.), 

 produced chiefly in Espiritu Santo, Minas Geraes, Rio dc Janeiro, and 

 Sao Paulo, tiuatemaia raises nearly 70,000,000 lb., and Venezuela 

 about the same quantity ; San Salvador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, 

 Ecuador, Colombia and Peru, all export coffee. West Indies. -Hayti 

 exports from 60 to 80 million lbs. annually, and the Dominican 

 Republic from 3 to 4 milhon lbs. Jamaica {31,670 acres), Martinique, 

 Guadeloupe, Barbados, Trinidad and Guiana all grow coffee. The 

 production of Cuba and Porto Rico has declined. S, Mexico annually 

 exports 40 to 50 mihion lbs. Arabian Coffee, called '' Mocha," is 

 chiefly exported to Turkey and Egypt, In India, Madras {50,000 

 acres}, Coorg (59,500 acres), and Burma and Ceylon (20,000 acres), 

 are the chief coffee districts. The Dutch E. Indies produce large 

 quantities of " Java " coffee. Africa. — ^Reuniou Coffee is considered 

 inferior only to Mocha. St. Thome annually exports several million 

 lbs., and coffee is grown in Madagascar, Guinea, Rhodesia, E. Africa 

 and Angola. In Australasia the industry has been started in N. 

 Queensland, Fiji, Samoa, New Guinea, New Caledonia and Hawaii. 



WORLD'S PRODUCTION OF COFFEE 



from an EatimaLB by Prof RAMOS (Brazil) 



Q 



WORLD 5 PHOOUCnON 

 900.00O tons ■ 



BRAZIL 



690-000 tons 



VEWE^UEIA. COLOMBIA 



GUATf MftJ-A.S SAL^ADDft 



^O.flOO tons eoch 



HAYTI 

 Z4.000toni 



BRITISH IMPORTS OF RAW COFPEE, 



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^^^5; 



INDIA* tEYlQH 

 Jt&i3.000 



USA 



^3 76 000 



COSTA RICA 



f ze^.ooo 



BRAZIL 



■f 2fiO.DO0 



GUATEMALA 



JIZZ6-DD0 



FRANCE 



j:i6h oao 



COLOHtJIA 

 hSi^J.OOO 



GERMANV 

 * I S 2 000 



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