Most of those are involved with the cultivation and harvesting of more than 3 billion coffee plants.

他们中的大部分人都从事30多亿棵咖啡树的种植和采摘工作。

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Coffee is one of the three major beverages in the world, along with cocoa and tea. More than 1.6 billion people consume it worldwide.

咖啡是世界三大饮品之一，另外两种是可可和茶。全世界有超过16亿人饮用咖啡。

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This is why the world produces more than 16 billion pounds of coffee beans per year.

这就是为什么每年全球咖啡豆的产量达到160亿磅。

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The world consumed 17.6 billion pounds of coffee beans last year, up from 2.6 billion in 1982, according to the U.S. Agriculture Department.

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According to Staples, these coffee and snack runs are taking account for a total of 2.4 billion hours in lost productivity in the U.S. each year.

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