Reviews of Coffee Makers, Espresso Machines, Stovetop Espresso Machines, Grinders, Frothers and Coffee Accessories
Monday September 6th 2010

Did You Know?

Some interesting facts about coffee

  • coffee is also the world’s most traded consumable good
  • world’s second most consumed beverage behind water
  • Finland drinks the most coffee of any nation in the world, per capita.
  • Coffee drinkers in the United States spend just under 18 billion dollars annually, which averages out to about $165 per coffee drinker, per year.
  • Americans consume about 4.4kg (9.8 lbs.) of coffee per capita, per year.
  • With roughly 23% of the worldwide market share, Mexico is the world’s biggest producer of fair trade coffee. In fact, well over 50% of the world’s fair trade production occurs in Mexico and South American countries.
  • On average, men drink slightly more coffee (1.9 cups per day) than women (1.4 cups per day).

Statistics courtesy of coffeeresearch.org, interscience.wiley.com, interrupcionfairtrade.com and fao.org/

Share and Enjoy:
  • Digg
  • del.icio.us
  • Facebook
  • NewsVine
  • Reddit
  • StumbleUpon
  • Google Bookmarks
  • Yahoo! Buzz
  • Twitter
  • Technorati
  • Live
  • LinkedIn
  • MySpace

Leave a Reply

Security Code: