Ropical rain forests many people have never stepped into a tropical rain forest. they have not felt seventy to eighty degrees of its year-round temperatures. they have not nearly gotten wet in downpours that bring eighty inches of rain each year. they have not looked up to see a green canopy that blocks the sky of leaves. but even for those who have never been there, the tropical rain forest is part of daily life. whenever someone smells coffee, eats a banana, or sprinkles cinnamon on toast, the rain forest has come into his or her home. coffee beans, bananas, and cinnam?