Just how much does that early morning slug of caffeine cost?

Andrew Murray-Watson Senior Business Reporter

THE first thing most of us do upon arriving in the office is to administer a large dose of caffeine into our shell-shocked systems.

Coffee, in its many welcoming forms, is a lifesaver for countless stressed and tired workers across the world. In the UK, we drink more of the stuff at work than at home and a world without coffee is, for many, a thought not worth contemplating.

But despite coffee’s central role in our working day, not many of us give a second thought as to where it comes from or how it is produced.

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