Can you name the top coffee producing countries?

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Coffee Producing Countries Quiz

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Created by: PhilSandifer -
Published: January 18th, 2009
Category: Geography
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Tags: Country Quizzes, top, producing, coffee, tonne

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	Liberal:	Jan 18th, 2009 at 05:00 GMT	16 points
	Think tropical

	vostok2:	Jan 18th, 2009 at 05:09 GMT	8 points
	A lot harder than I thought it would be

	[Deleted]:	Jan 18th, 2009 at 05:18 GMT	0 points
	Can't believe I got 18 and still missed Nicaragua. I knew there was a Central American country I was forgetting.

	Librería:	Jan 18th, 2009 at 05:26 GMT	-1 points
	This list is more random than most of the "top ____ producing countries"; I agree with poster #1 gotta think tropical.

	Edge:	Jan 18th, 2009 at 05:34 GMT	1 point
	What an eclectic assortment of countries. I got Brazil immediately, as I'd hope anyone would, and then it was pure guesswork.

	Talick:	Jan 18th, 2009 at 05:39 GMT	51 points
	Dear creators of Sporcle, I must formally ask you to take your site down because I'm not getting any homework done. Sincerely, Talick

	debbiedoesnothin:	Jan 18th, 2009 at 05:48 GMT	57 points
	Dear creators of Sporcle: Please don't listen to Talick because if you take this site down I might have to start doing some work.

	jaspa:	Jan 18th, 2009 at 06:02 GMT	38 points
	Dear creators of Sporcle, I have become lost in a paradox. If Sporcle consumes all time and does not allow anyone to work, how do you work on Sporcle?

	Jimmy Bojangles:	Jan 18th, 2009 at 06:26 GMT	1 point
	Got all but Cote d'Ivoire, Venezuela and Papua New Guinea. Damn, forgot that last south american country, and I underestimated Papua New Guinea's capabilities... >< for some reason I thought Madagascar or Ghana would be up there but I think Madagascar is good for something else like vanilla beans.

	davidr:	Jan 18th, 2009 at 09:15 GMT	0 points
	This was another one I was going to write myself but couldn't quickly find data for. :-) My excuse for 15/20 is that I've not had any coffee yet, so missed a bunch of central American countries that I thought I'd already tried. I was really surprised at #2, though: I guessed it from its latitude but I've never seen coffee from that country on sale in the UK.

	davidr:	Jan 18th, 2009 at 09:17 GMT	3 points
	@Jimmy B.: Madagascar is famous for its vanilla, yes.

	chambers:	Jan 18th, 2009 at 11:26 GMT	21 points
	i was surprised at only four african countries and kenya not being one of them. also about surprised about number 2...

	davidr:	Jan 18th, 2009 at 11:48 GMT	5 points
	@jack: Yes, I was a bit surprised about Kenya, too. Their 2007 production was 37,500 tonnes so they're probably in the top 25.

	chambers:	Jan 18th, 2009 at 12:54 GMT	8 points
	yeh. its all those kenco adverts

	rahv:	Jan 18th, 2009 at 13:11 GMT	2 points
	was also surprised about #2. also by the african countries - not that they're in here but which ones ... #12 is rather small, never knew about #5, etc. but then again i am not much of a coffee-person :)

	GeordieGuitarist:	Jan 18th, 2009 at 13:14 GMT	5 points
	Got them all but did used to work for a coffee connoisseur so had an advantage.

	LaStic:	Jan 18th, 2009 at 13:27 GMT	5 points
	I was surprised at Vietnam . Missed Guatemala, Madagascar and Cote d'Ivoire and (oh dear) Peru

	davebesag:	Jan 18th, 2009 at 13:41 GMT	6 points
	Missed Honduras as I misspelt it. Also missed Ivory Coast, Madagascar and Thailand. I like coffee so guessed it would be the Central American, African and South East Asian countries. I agree that it's surprising that Kenya isn't on the list.

	RavenEleni:	Jan 18th, 2009 at 13:46 GMT	5 points
	6,12,19 are the only ones i missed, but i only got the rest co i have drunk coffee from thopse countries before; conlcusion i drink to much coffee, but there appears to be room for more!

	Bray:	Jan 18th, 2009 at 14:01 GMT	1 point
	What in the hell @ vietnam #2. That's insane. xD I got 16.

	Bretzky:	Jan 18th, 2009 at 14:12 GMT	11 points
	I think most people are surprised by Vietnam being #2 because it doesn't produce what most would consider to be drinkable coffee. Almost all of Vietnam's production is of robusta bean coffee and not arabica bean coffee. As such, most Vietnamese production is what we call "jet fuel" in the States or is used to cheapen coffee that would otherside be made entirely from arabica beans. Arabica bean coffee is more expensive and tastes good; robusta bean coffee, not so much.

	Nathan Jones:	Jan 18th, 2009 at 15:15 GMT	3 points
	"I had a farm in Africa at the foot of the Ngong Hills."

	magister:	Jan 18th, 2009 at 16:51 GMT	5 points
	Alright, so I did okay, but not as well as I should have. Man, I love African coffee.

	sactoshc:	Jan 18th, 2009 at 17:53 GMT	4 points
	17 out of 20, but I just got a tour where the guide showed us the coffee producing region of the world on a map. The day before the tour I would have been good for 6. Thanks for another great quiz, Sporcle!

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	peanut4:	Jan 18th, 2009 at 20:57 GMT	3 points
	Love these ones. Can we have more like it? The only problem is it's too easy to guess countries but you sure learn something from them.

	shel99:	Jan 18th, 2009 at 21:19 GMT	4 points
	Great quiz. So interesting! Very surprised at #2; I guessed it, but thought it would be much lower on the list! I missed Philippines & Cote D'Ivoire, did pretty well just guessing by climate (thanks for the mental map, Countries of the World quiz)!

	Sabo:	Jan 18th, 2009 at 22:51 GMT	4 points
	Fantastic quiz. I wonder how many people's first answer is Colombia?

	mschessplayer:	Jan 19th, 2009 at 00:01 GMT	2 points
	@ Sabo: Colombia was my first answer thanks to the old "Juan Valdez" coffee commercials. Major "up" points to debbiedoesnothing: ROFLMAO

	Somebody50:	Jan 19th, 2009 at 00:55 GMT	1 point
	16/20 for me...i never would've thought Philippines would be up there being that my family is Filipino

	JulieD:	Jan 19th, 2009 at 03:52 GMT	2 points
	17/20. Not bad for someone who hates coffee.

	Moonburger:	Jan 19th, 2009 at 04:45 GMT	3 points
	maybe allow new guinea for papua new guinea since that's allowed for the countries of the world game.

	CraigR:	Jan 19th, 2009 at 05:15 GMT	1 point
	got em all with 1:42 to spare!

	Vernon Gonsalves:	Jan 19th, 2009 at 10:26 GMT	1 point
	Missed Ivory Coast, Uganda and forgot Nicaragua. I just guessed all the Central and South American countries as well as the East Indies. Was shocked when I just randomly tried other tropical countries and Vietnam and Ethiopia appeared...

	Statto2:	Jan 19th, 2009 at 20:52 GMT	2 points
	@JulieD - well done! I got 16 & hate coffee too (I'm a Brit who likes tea). I didn't get any mainland African countries because I guessed the wrong ones.

	ckbryant:	Jan 20th, 2009 at 13:23 GMT	3 points
	Vietnam was a real surprise--I got it just by sweeping through the tropical countries in my mind. Never would have guessed it for #2 in the world. The other funny thing is how many places are world renowned for their coffee but don't make the grade in terms of total production--Cuba, Jamaica (Blue Mountain), and United States (for Hawaiian Kona).

	Tank:	Jan 20th, 2009 at 20:57 GMT	2 points
	Fresh from the mountains of Nicaragua.

	suseehill:	Jan 22nd, 2009 at 11:59 GMT	3 points
	According to Wiki Kenya is the 17th largest producer of coffee but doesn't appear on Sporcle. Hmm. Who is right?

	ckbryant:	Jan 23rd, 2009 at 13:51 GMT	2 points
	@susee: I was surprised about Kenya not being on the list, too. I remember the male lead on the Britcom "As Time Goes By" lived for years in Kenya running a coffee plantation. Wonder what's up with that?

	PhilSandifer:	Jan 23rd, 2009 at 15:17 GMT	2 points
	Sporcle is right here - Kenya is 25th, according to the UN.