For total coffee consumption, Euromonitor combined the volume of coffee per capita that retail stores sold to consumers and that food service outlets purchased to brew.



It appears colder climates consume more of the tropical grown beverage.

Interesting also that Italy does not rank in the top ten.

Edit: Not based on per capita the U.S. is the largest coffee consumer. Mostly from pod coffee. U.S.A. also has more than 10x the population of some the top 10 per capita listed countries.

redbone wrote:For total coffee consumption, Euromonitor combined the volume of coffee per capita that retail stores sold to consumers and that food service outlets purchased to brew.

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It appears colder climates consume more of the tropical grown beverage.

Interesting also that Italy does not rank in the top ten.

Not based on per capita the U.S. is the largest coffee consumer. Mostly from pod coffee. U.S.A. also has more than 10x the population of the top 10 per capita listed countries.

Is it really suprising that Italy isn't on a list of countries that is determined by liquid volume in a country where .01-.02 liter drinks are the culture? Vs countries that drink predominantly 136-350ml drip cups?

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Anthony, you make a very good point. It really should be based on green coffee import or better yet roasted coffee sales for non-export purposes as opposed to liters per capita.

It would more interesting, and accurate in my opinion, to measure coffee consuming countries by the weight of roasted coffee consumed rather than the beverage volume.

Slovenia is actually part of the espresso world (Trieste + suburbs sprawl across Italy, Slovenia and Croatia).

IMO the Netherlands ranks first for a good reason, my kilo per week of roasted beans counts

Well, I am doing my best, but I guess I will have to try harder!

dominico wrote:It would more interesting, and accurate in my opinion, to measure coffee consuming countries by the weight of roasted coffee consumed rather than the beverage volume.

http://www.caffeineinformer.com/caffein ... rld-drinks

Top 50 Coffee Consuming Countries, 2013
1 Finland: 9.6 kg per capita
2 Norway: 7.2 kg per capita
3 Netherlands 6.7 kg per capita
4 Slovenia: 6.1 kg per capita
5 Austria: 5.5 kg per capita
6 Serbia: 5.4 kg per capita
7 Denmark: 5.3 kg per capita
8 Germany: 5.2 kg per capita
9 Belgium: 4.9 kg per capita
10 Brazil: 4.8 kg per capita
11 Bosnia-Herzegovina: 4.3 kg per capita
12 Estonia: 4.2 kg per capita
13 Switzerland: 3.9 kg per capita
14 Croatia: 3.8 kg per capita
15 Dominican Republic: 3.7 kg per capita
16 Costa Rica: 3.7 kg per capita
17 Macedonia: 3.6 kg per capita
18 Italy: 3.4 kg per capita
19 Canada: 3.4 kg per capita
20 Lithuania: 3.3 kg per capita
21 France: 3.2 kg per capita
22 USA: 3.1 kg per capita
23 Poland: 3.1 kg per capita
24 Hungary: 3.1 kg per capita
25 Spain: 3 kg per capita
South Korea: 2.6 kg per capita
Algeria: 2.6 kg per capita
Australia: 2.6 kg per capita
Portugal: 2.6 kg per capita
Slovakia: 2.5 kg per capita
Latvia: 2.5 kg per capita
Greece: 2.4 kg per capita
Czech Republic: 2.3 kg per capita
Bulgaria: 2.3 kg per capita
Tunisia: 2.2 kg per capita
Singapore: 2.1 kg per capita
Guatemala: 2 kg per capita
Romania: 1.9 kg per capita
Israel: 1.8 kg per capita
The UK: 1.7 kg per capita
Thailand: 1.6 kg per capita
Venezuela: 1.6 kg per capita
Japan: 1.5 kg per capita
Colombia: 1.4 kg per capita
Malaysia: 1.3 kg per capita
Hong Kong: 1.3 kg per capita
New Zealand: 1.3 kg per capita
Georgia: 1.3 kg per capita
Philippines: 1.2 kg per capita

One could also say these figures should have been adjusted for the differing age distributions in the countries, as children rarely drink coffee ... or whether the more interesting measure is caffeine consumed from all sources, age/sex standardized.

redbone wrote:U.S.A. also has more than 10x the population of the top 10 per capita listed countries.

Thanks for posting. But this is simply incorrect. Even if you toss out Germany, Canada, and of course the US.

You are correct as I should have said "some".