who drinks the most coffee?
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According to the International Coffee
Organization the world produces about 133
million bags of coffee a year and exports 93
million bags of coffee a year worth roughly $15 billion.
Global consumption in coffee year 2009/10
totaled around 133.9 million bags, of which
72 million bags were consumed in Importing
Member countries, 21.2 million in non-
member countries and 40.7 million in
producing countries.
These are 70 kg bags (154 pounds). Coffee
FAQ’s from Quartermaine states that you
can make 40 cups of coffee (five ounces) from a pound of coffee beans.
Q: How many cups of coffee can I make
with one pound of coffee grounds?
A: With a coffee to water ratio of two level
measuring tablespoons per five ounces of
water, you can make approximately forty
cups of coffee.
So, 133 million bags x 154 pounds per bag x
40 cups per pound = 819,280,000,000 cups
of coffee per year. This is a lot of coffee. Who drinks the most coffee?
If you are looking for serious coffee drinkers
go north. The Atlantic posted an article
showing countries that drink the most coffee.
America might be famous for running on
coffee, but it doesn’t run on much. Not
compared to a handful of other countries,
anyway.
When it comes to actual coffee consumption
per person, the US doesn’t even crack the
top 15. The Netherlands’ per-capita
consumption of 2.4 cups a day is almost the
same as those of the US, UK, Spain, and
France combined.
Think of living in a cold climate where a hot
cup of coffee not only warms your stomach
but your hands as well.
Here is the coffee per capital leader board.
Netherlands, 2.414
Finland, 1.448
Sweden, 1.357
Denmark, 1.237
Germany, 1.231
Slovakia, 1.201
Serbia, 1.188
Czech Republic, 1.17
Poland, 1.152
Norway, 1.128
Slovenia, 1.076
Canada, 1.009
Belgium, 0.981
Switzerland, 0.971
New Zealand, 0.939
USA, 0.931
Austria, 0.803
Costa Rica, 0.793
Greece, 0.782
Algeria, 0.765
Interestingly the list gets to # 18 before a
coffee producing nation, Costa Rica, shows
up. And the only Southern Hemisphere
country represented, New Zealand, is so far south that it gets cold there.
But, the Netherlands, Finland and Sweden
are not populous countries. Who drinks the
most coffee by nation?
The USA consumes the most coffee followed by Germany Japan and France.
What these nations lack in per capital
consumption they make up for in population
size.
According to e-imports.com, coffee statistics,
there are 150,000,000 coffee drinkers in the
USA.
Over 50% of Americans over 18 years of
age drink coffee every day. This represents
over 150 million daily drinkers. 30 million
American adults drink specialty coffee
beverages daily; which include a mocha,
latte, espresso, café mocha, cappuccino,
frozen/iced coffee beverages, etc.
By comparison to the 150 million US coffee
drinkers, the population of the Netherlands
is just under 17 million and Finland has five and a half million people.
These folks are trying hard but there simply
are not enough of them. Who drinks the
most coffee? The USA does.