Coffee grows in the region known as the Bean Belt.
This is a belt of land between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn between latitudes 25 degrees North and 30 degrees South.
This region is tropical with rich soil and it includes The Americas, Africa, Asia, The Caribbean and the Middle East.
More than 50 counties grow coffee commercially.
Each of these produces coffee with different characteristics because there are different plant varieties, different levels of rainfall and sunshine, different altitude and different soil.
After they are picked, the different processing and roasting methods also make a difference to the final coffee flavour.
There is even variety in flavour from a single plantation.
The main coffee producing country is Brazil.
It has plenty of space for growing the crop and they grow both arabica and robusta plants (the two commercially viable varieties of coffee plant).
Brazilian coffee is typically mild, sweet, medium-bodies, and low-acid.
Elsewhere in South America, Columbia racks up the bags to be the second biggest producer of coffee in the world.
The landscape is rugged and excellent growing conditions for the thousands of farmers with small plots.
The best coffee from Columbia is the Colombian Supremo, with a delicate, aromatic sweetness.
Other coffees are consistently good with a low acidity and a mild taste.
In Central America, the main coffee producing countries are Guatemala and Costa Rica.
The coffee from Guatemala is rich in flavourwith a medium to full bodied flavour.
The volcanic soil creates great growing conditions.
In Costa Rica, the arabica beans are all wet-processed.
The coffee quality is good and the final drink is medium bodied with a sharp acidity.
Grown mainly on small farms (fincas), the coffee is grown with great care to achieve fine quality beans.
Hawaii in the Caribbean produces the most coffee of the Hawaiian islands region.
The coffee, known as Kona, grows in the black volcanic soil on the slopes of Mauna Loa volcano.
It is in great demand because it tastes good - rich, aromatic, with a medium body.
Ethiopia is thought to be the country where coffee was originally discovered.
The trees grow wild here in forests.
The main regions are Kaffa, Sidamo and Harer.
The final drink tastes full flavoured and full bodied.
The best known African country for production of the crop is Kenya though where the crop grows in the foothills of Mount Kenya.
The cup is fruity, acidic and sharp with a full body and rich fragrance.
The country has its own unique grading system with AA being the largest bean in a 10-size grading system and AA+ indicating that it was estate grown.
The Ivory Coast is the biggest producer of robusta coffee though and they are often used in espresso blends.
In the Middle East, Yemen can lay claim to being the country where the plant was first grown commercially.
The coffee is rich and deep because of the arid landscape in which it grows.
Asian coffee producers include Vietnam and Indonesia.
Indonesian coffee is particularly well known for fine coffee and names such as Sumatran and Java coffee should be familiar to you all.
Vietnam is also notable because it has arapidly growing coffee industry and is fast become one of the world's major producers.
The cup tastes mildly acidic and mild bodied.
Coffee comes from many places around the world and each country produces a different tasting drink.
By trying a good selection, you can find the taste that most suits your palate.