COFFEE is a tropical shrub that yields fruits or cherries which are
processed so as to free the seeds or "beans" from the fruit pulp and
then from the mucilage and silver skin covering the beans. Coffee
with the mucilage and skin retained is called parchment coffee.
By weight, the fresh cherries consist of 45-55 percent pulp, mucilage
and skin, and 45-55 percent beans. The clean beand are called "green
coffee" or "clean coffee" and this is considered to be a primary crop.
Coffee contains caffeine, an alkaloid. Coffee is a stimulant, not a
food crop.
COCOA is a rain-forest tree that is cultivated for its beans. The
beand are contained in ovoid pods that grow directly on the trunk and
on major branches. The beand and the white mucilage or pulp that
surrounds them represent about one-third of the total weight of the
pods. The fermented and dried beand are considered to be a primary
crop from which various processed products are derived, including
roasted beand (still in the shell) and nibs, or fragments of roasted,
shelled and crushed beans. The nibs are ground to give cocoa mass,
from which cocoa fat or butter is extracted by pressing. Pods,
shells, pulp and cake have only limited use as an animal feed owing to
their high alkaloid content.
Cocoa beand contain carbohydrates, protein and particularly fat,
making them a food crop as well as a stimulant.
TEA is a shrub of the Camellia family that is cultivated for its
tender leaves. The two main varieties are assamica and sinensis. The
primary crop consists of the tender leaves, which may be withered,
rolled, fermented and dried (black tea). Green tea is black tea that
is not fermented. Tea is a stimulant, not a food crop.
Each of these crops and products appears in the list below, along with
its code, name, or names, and any remarks.
| FAOSTAT CODE | COMMODITY | DEFINITIONS, COVERAGE, REMARKS |
| 0656 | COFFEE, GREEN Coffea spp. (arabica, robusta, liberica) | Raw coffee in all forms. |
| 0657 | Coffee, Roasted | With or without caffeine, and whether or not ground. |
| 0658 | Coffee Substitutes | Coffee substitutes containing coffee in any proportion. |
| 0659 | Coffee Extracts | Essences and concentrates, including instant coffee, roasted chicory and other coffee substitutes, extracts and essences thereof. |
| 0660 | Coffee Husks and Skins |
| FAOSTAT CODE | COMMODITY | DEFINITIONS, COVERAGE, REMARKS |
| 0661 | COCOA BEANS Theobroma cacao | The seeds contained in the fruit of the cacao- tree, including whole or broken, raw or roasted. |
| 0662 | Cocoa Paste | Obtained by grinding roasted cocoa beans. Also called liquor. Not defatted. |
| 0663 | Cocoa Husks and Shells | Including skins and other cocoa waste. |
| 0664 | Cocoa Butter | Obtained by hot-pressing either cocoa paste or the whole bean. Includes the fat and oil. |
| 0665 | Cocoa Powder and Cake | Wholly or partly defatted paste (cake) and cake reduced to powder, without added sugar or other sweeteners. |
| 0666 | Chocolate Products nes | Includes sweetened cocoa powder, chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa, as well as sugar confectionery containing cocoa in any amount. Excludes white chocolate (see 0168 in Chapter .). |
| FAOSTAT CODE | COMMODITY | DEFINITIONS, COVERAGE, REMARKS |
| 0667 | TEA Camellia sinensis; Thea sinensis; Thea assaamica | Includes green tea (unfermented), black tea (fermented), and partially fermented tea. Excludes green tea eaten as a vegetable. |
| 0671 | MATE Ilex paraguayensis | The dried leaves of certain shrubs of the holly family which grow in South America. Prepared in a way similar to tea. |
| 0672 | Extracts of Tea and Mate | Includes essences, concentrates and preparations of tea and mat‚. |
| 0674 | TEA NES | Various plants used for making infusions like tea, i.e. herbal teas. |