Fresh Is Best. No matter how many mugs it takes you to wake up in the morning, your personal coffee turnover isn't going to be nearly equal to that of your local coffee shop, which means your beans are probably a bit longer in the tooth than the cafe's are on any given day.
Sesame seeds, despite their tiny size, are a valuable cash crop. They come from the Sesamum Indicum plant, which is native to Africa but is now found mostly throughout Asia, with Myanmar and India the largest producers.
Seventy percent of the world's sesame crop is grown in Asia, with Africa growing 26% (Hansen, 2011) The largest producers are China and India, each with an annual harvest around 750,000 tonnes followed by Myanmar (425,000 tonnes) an d Sudan (300,000 tonnes).eventy percent of the world's sesame crop is grown in Asia, with Africa growing 26% (Hansen, 2011) The largest producers are China and India, each with an annual harvest around 750,000 tonnes followed by Myanmar (425,000 tonnes) an d Sudan (300,000 tonnes).