While a daily cup of morning Joe might make every day a coffee day, Oct. 1 has been officially designated International Coffee Day by the International Coffee Association, an intergovernmental organization.
“International Coffee Day is a global celebration of coffee’s journey from the farm to your local shop — an opportunity to honor the men and women who grow and harvest the coffee we love,” the ICA says.
An estimated 80 percent of the world’s coffee is produced by about 25 million smallholder farmers, the majority of whom are spread across the developing world.