Introduction

Coffee is a non alcoholic drink and is considered a prestigious beverage in the world . Since its discovery in Ethiopia around 850 AD, Coffee drinking has become a regular habit of billions of people throughout the world and its popularity is increasing day by day. By volume, coffee is the second largest product to be sold in the world. Only after petroleum products. It is cultivated in more than hundred countries, Brazil being the largest producer. The USA is the largest coffee consumer while European countries are ahead in per capita coffee consumption.