The life cycle of a cup of coffee – A.J. Jacobs

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1. I'm literally drinking coffee while watching this

2. My ears are rolled up by this american(?) pronunciation of 'route' 🙁 It's always been /ruːt/, /raʊt/ is another word!

3. What I find amazing is: 1. So many places sell both cups of brewed coffee, and ground/roasted coffee. You can go into any grocery/Walmart/Target and purchase different brands and types of coffee. (We take this for granted…)
   2. So many things have to happen to get that coffee to you. It has to be grown, harvested, dried, tested, packaged to be imported, shipped (cargo boat and truck), roasted, repackaged for retail, then finally brewed at home.

4. Thanks God I live in equator's country, I could buy it straight from the farmers or even plant it by my own…or went to the store or cafe.

5. this is giving me stress

6. Thank goodness for AI being able to not exploit such labor practices. 😊 Someday , robots will do that work!

7. The 2nd best cup of coffee I ever had was at the Prolific Oven in Palo Alto, CA circa 1991, alongside a slice of "Death by Chocolate" triple chocolate cake, having a discussion about Giant Steps with my friend. Best cup ever: 5am Christmas morning, at a small wooden table, sitting quietly with my Dad a few years before he passed away, us just watching the snow.

8. The best part of waking up………

9. I don't uderstand what is make sure we don't value the final product more than the people who make it."🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨

10. Idk, I value coffee higher than anything in my life, that's a tough standard for people who farm it.

11. Making one cup of coffee. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_OMNs0tJcw

12. I live in a “coffee town” in Brazil and this video hits me right in the heart.
    I don’t think people realize how much hard work this farmers endure. But at least here, I must say they are well paid. It’s a crop that can sustain a family even with farms not that big.

13. I think your map it's a little bit wrong, you are placing El Salvador above Gautemala where Mexico should be pointed out, El Salvador should be below Honduras.

14. Taiwan

15. Guess what happens when a company fails… then nobody gets paid.

16. Ethiopia my country

17. It was an amazing, eye opening video. Loved it !

18. ❤❤❤

19. I am from Colombiano.
    This is cool

20. I don't even drink coffee, but I really hope that people working and creating these products, earn what they deserve, or even more.

21. Great video. I am very sure that my students will enjoy the coffee journey and the people involved.

22. Dziękuję

23. all these valuable things that happen for the things we get

24. you forgot to add the part when 95% of coffee in the world ends up in NYC, smh.

25. ㅁ

26. Why do people call the coffee seed a bean?

27. I never knew coffee was cherry🍒

28. Every animation ted ed gives is in the highest level

29. Coffee? Always buy fair trade AND organic ☕😊👍

30. 🍀🙏🌹👍thank you