“The Life Cycle of a Cup of Coffee” Video

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Have you ever wondered about all the steps that happen in the process of making your favorite cup of coffee? We all know that coffee comes from the coffee plant, but would you recognize it if you saw it? The coffee plant can grow up to 30 feet and produces seeds that we know as coffee beans, but now it’s time to see how much you actually know about it.

Informative Video

If you want to know more about everything that needs to happen from the moment coffee plant is grown until it gets into your cup, you can learn about it in the video below. The steps include harvesting the beans, drying them, quality control, transport, and several other things that take a lot of time and effort.

The Good and the Bad

The video also mentions the dark side of the history of coffee. Just like the sugar and tobacco industries, the coffee industry has seen exploitation of workers and some other awful things. The next time you routinely make a cup of coffee, remember everything that needed to happen so you can enjoy it today.

“Trace the globe-spanning journey of coffee as it goes from plant to brew, and the complex infrastructure that makes it possible,” reads the video description. The lesson was created by A.J. Jacobs, while the video was directed by Biljana Labovic and animated by Daniella Schnitzer.