Did you know that after petrol, coffee is the largest item bought and sold

It sounds like coffee is a truly global phenomenon. I can't confirm it's the largest item after petrol, but there's definitely evidence for its massive popularity. Here are some statistics to support that:

• Over 2.25 billion cups of coffee are consumed daily worldwide [magazine.coffee].
• The US alone consumes 1.62 billion pounds of coffee annually [cafely.com].

So, while I can't definitively say it's number two after petrol, there's no doubt coffee is a major player in the global trade.