With a Starbucks on almost every corner and McDonalds converting to McCafe, it's hard to believe that Americans are not the biggest coffee-drinking nation. Yet, on a per capita coffee consumption basis, the USA is only a medium-sized beverage. Our second guess?
The image of a Parisian cafe or a Roman espresso bar are often the first thoughts when it comes to the 'home' of coffee drinkers. Not the best shot again.
Scandinavians have been traditionally the largest drinkers of coffee in the world, together, with more than 10 kilos consumed per person/year.
In the recent years, a number of other countries appeared as heavy coffee consumers, according to Faostat, however. Based on the data from 2021, people from Laos, Serbia and New Zealand appear to be the biggest consumers, or coffee addicts with more than 13 kg of coffee consumed per capita and year.
Coffee is one of the most-consumed beverages in the world. The beans are found in coffee cherries, which grow on trees cultivated in over 70 countries, primarily in equatorial Latin America, Southeast Asia, South Asia and Africa. Coffee drinking originated in Yemen in the 15th century.
To download the data, go to:
https://www.helgilibrary.com/indicators/coffee-consumption-per-capita/
https://www.helgilibrary.com/indicators/coffee-consumption-total/
or download the chart at:
https://www.helgilibrary.com/charts/
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