Thanks to the exporting of coffee from the country of origin, the beans find themselves in your cup. People drink coffee in every country all over the world. Coffee export is a huge business considered second only to international oil trade.

The principal coffee markets are the New York and London Commodity Exchanges. The price is influenced not only be the quality and quantity of the produced coffee, but also by atmospheric factors and political changes. In order to prevent coffee beans from spoiling or losing quality, they are stored before shipping.

The safest place to store coffee is in the place with a relatively high altitude and low air moisture. All precautions are taken to keep beans in low moisture condition so that they are not attacked by mould. When ready to be shipped, they, in waterproof bags, are stowed aboard the ship and ready for their journey. More than 1/3 of the world's coffee is address to the USA. Every year about six millions ton “green” coffee are produced in the world.