These Ridiculous Facts About the Coffee Industry Will Blow Your Mind

Courtesy of data from the International Coffee Organization, the folks over at FinancesOnline.com have put up a slick infographic with a bounty of interesting facts and figures about the coffee industry.

The infographic details everything from the role of "coffee coyotes" -- middlemen who force farmers to sell coffee at a loss, then sell the product to millers for a high profit -- to the roles that giants like Dunkin Donuts DNKN and Starbucks SBUX play.

Some of the more interesting numbers here point out just how much the world depends on coffee. IThe U.S. alone spends $18 billion on coffee every year, a staggering amount equivalent to the GDP of Bosnia.

For more crazy facts about the coffee business, check out below (click to enlarge):