US Coffee Statistics

How much do you know about your cup of Joe? Let's break it down.

• Specialty coffee sales have been increasing by 20% on a yearly basis, and they make up almost 8% of the US coffee market that encompasses $18 billion.

• 50% of the US population, which equals 150 million people, regularly drink specialty espresso beverages.

• The average consumption for a United States coffee drinker is 3.1 cups of Joe each day.

• Small, independent coffee houses gross 12 billion total in annual sales.

• The average coffee shop drive-thru sells up to 300 cups of coffee and espresso on a daily basis.

• For all Americans over 18, 50% drink Java daily. However, Finland takes the cake with the highest coffee consumption worldwide each day.

• In the US, men consume as much coffee as women do, though women are more concerned with paying the price for expensive coffee drinks.

• Up to 65% of all coffee that is consumed is during breakfast, 30% is during the day between meals, and the last 5% is with lunch or dinner.

• 35% of US coffee drinkers enjoy their Java black.

• 65% of American coffee drinkers add cream and sugar to their cup of Joe.

• Not surprisingly, Seattle has the highest number of coffee shops per 100,000 residents in the city. Manhattan and San Francisco nearly tie for second but are nowhere near as close in their coffee shop population as Seattle.

• The United States alone imports over $4 billion worth of coffee products on a yearly basis.

 

* Taken from  thecoffeebump 's blog.

BUNN 3.8 Liter Lever Action Airpot

The BUNN 3.8 Liter Lever-Action Airpot. Thats one gallon of heaVenly liQuid people!

The BUNN 3.8 Liter Lever-Action Airpot is the perfect choice (it is liQuid heaVen's viewpoint, that its THE only one) for fresh coffee dispensing!

This is ideal for a commercial and professional coffee brewing setting because it will allow you to have your coffee kept fresh with the aroma sealed for hours at a time.

The BUNN 3.8 Liter Lever-Action Airpot is transportable, so it is easy to move from one location to another.

It offers a brew-through lid that uses lever-action for added convenience, and it is lined with stainless steel for the best in temperature control.

So many people prefer the BUNN 3.8 Liter Lever-Action Airpot for their commercial or home setting because it allows you to transfer your brew product to any location, all the while maintaining the integrity of its freshness.

Once you begin using the BUNN 3.8 Liter Lever-Action Airpot in your commercial coffee service setting, you will immediately be able to tell the difference in the flavor and taste of your coffee product!

This is the coffee brewing accessory that you are looking for to make your production and service that much easier. You can take that to the bank!

Best price observed on the web is $49.99 from the people at thecoffeebump.com.

Cool Beans Ice Cube Coffee Tray for Iced Coffee

Now this is cool and just in time for the warm summer months.

Coffee ice makes a cooler brew! Love the chilly goodness of iced coffee, but not the way melted ice waters down the flavor? Yeah - well we heard ya!

Your java jolt will keep stronger longer with a Cool Beans Coffee Ice Cube made from real coffee. Just pour your coffee in the molds and freeze. No more watered down iced coffee!

The Cool Beans Coffee Ice Tray is molded from super-strong, dishwasher-safe pure silicone.

Tray measures 8 inches long x 4.5 inches wide. Individual bean molds measure 2 inches.

Available at Perpetual Kid.

LeWhif: Coffee without the cup

Wow, now this is a very different innovation. Its called LeWhif and it comes in chocolate whifs and coffee whifs. Its enhaleable chocolate and coffee.

I cannot comment on it as I have not tried it, but sure sounds interesting. Strange, but interesting.

Have you LeWhiffed? If so let us know what you think.

The World's Coffee Producing Countries

Coffee grows in fifty-three countries circling the entire globe around the equator, thus the name “Coffee Belt”.

The Coffee Belt countries are: Angola, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Burundi, Cameroon, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Galapagos Islands, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Kenya, La Reunion, Madagascar, Martinique, Mexico, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Rwanda, St. Helena , Sao Tome and Principe, South Africa, Sudan, Surinam, Taiwan, Tahiti, Tanzania, Uganda, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zaire, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Coffee grown in different parts of the world have unique characteristics due to the different climates, temperatures, types of soil, and even the crops intercropped with coffee.

All varieties of the coffee plant require warmth and humidity and thrive in areas with generous amounts of precipitation and average temperatures.

Coffee Varieties

There are three basic species of coffee cultivated commercially:

Arabica – this is the premium coffee of the world, producing the most complex flavors and aromas. They are more costly because they are more susceptible to destruction by disease and insects, and are often grown in difficult to harvest altitudes and locations.

Robusta – a wide variety of species most often sold as the “canned coffees” we well know. It is much cheaper than Arabicas primarily due to its inferior, bitter characteristics (due to excessive caffeine content). Also because it is more plentiful, less susceptible to destruction or frost and it can be harvested simultaneously by machine on flatter lands.

Liberica – least heard of, it is grown in Malaysia and West Africa, in low demand because of poor flavor characteristics and small quantities produced.

Areas in the Philippines that are perfectly suitable for coffee include Bukidnon and Baguio for Arabica and Cavite and Batangas for Robusta, Excelsa, and Liberica (Barako).

Most of these areas incidentally are near volcanoes, Volcanic soil is best suited for coffee production.

Lavazza's Loss

Emilio Lavazza infused high-tech innovation with caffeinated marketing to transform his family's coffee roaster into a global brand.

Mr. Lavazza, who died Tuesday at age 78, started out delivering ground coffee door-to-door to restaurants around Turin, Italy, where his grandfather founded the company as a grocery store in 1895.

Lavazza became a national brand in the decades after World War II, and today is Italy's biggest-selling coffee with almost 50% of the retail market.

Read the rest of the article here .

What, no free coffee?

The Boston Globe’s October 5 “Monday Question” revealed that a single-serve coffee maker and coffee pods or K-cups is becoming a popular choice for keeping office politics at cool levels – at least where coffee is concerned.

The Monday Question was posed as follows:

Does your office provide coffee at no cost to the employees? What form does your office coffee maker take (e.g. a pod machine, a vending machine, a pot that someone is responsible for making)? How important do you consider the availability of coffee to be in your workplace?

By close of business Monday October 5, there were 77 responses to the question. Of those responses, 30 said they used some type of single serve coffee system – coffee pods or k-cups. The second most popular answer? No free coffee at all, due to budget cuts.

Based on many of the comments, those offices who utilize traditional “pot of coffee” systems have a harder time keeping all of their employees happy, with many employees choosing to leave the office to buy coffee elsewhere. Other offices utilize a coffee delivery service or simply provide a “pay for your own” cafeteria.

* Source: American Coffee