Americans like coffee. Americans like coffee so much that they consume billions of dollars worth of it per year. And that’s just at large chains like Starbucks. The amount of coffee consumed in America is more than the coffee consumed than in any other country in the world. It is the mostly widely consumed drug in America, and the world at large.
There are many statistics about coffee that are worth noting in this article. Some concern the behaviors of male coffee drinkers versus female coffee drinkers. Some of them concern the industry as a whole or at large. Some concern the difference between chain coffee shops like Starbucks and smaller, independent coffee shops. They are as follows.
- The retail value of the U.S. coffee market is estimated to be $48 billion dollars with specialty comprising approximately 55% value share.
- The Unites States imported about 27.5 million bags of coffee in 2014, accounting for almost one quarter of global coffee (un-roasted) imports, making it the world’s largest single buyer.
- Recent statistics show that American consumers drank on average 1.64 cups of coffee per day.
- Specialty coffees represent 37% of US coffee cups and are considered the highest quality in the world.
- Specialty coffees represent 37% of US coffee cups and are considered the highest quality in the world.
- 50% of the population, equivalent to 150 million Americans, drink espresso, cappuccino, latte, or iced/cold coffees.
- Independent coffee shops have $12 billion in annual sales.
There are many behaviors to those who drink coffee as well. 65% of all coffee is consumed during breakfast hours, 30% between meals, and the remaining 5% with other meals. 35% of coffee drinkers prefer black coffee. 65% prefer to add sugar and/or cream. And 30% of the population drinks coffee occasionally.
Coffee, in many ways, has become the go-to drink for a great deal of the population, in the same way that many people drink alcohol: for the effect. Caffeine gives a great buzz, not overwhelming to the point where it is difficult to function, and with a perfect boost to the mental clarity that is needed through the morning, afternoon, and evenings.
Coffee also supplies a good feeling physically. It has a warm feeling, a kind of warm energy that enables people to function when they haven’t had much sleep or struggle to get going in the morning without the aid of stimulant. It heightens mental clarity for important meetings in the morning and for important tasks throughout the day.
Coffee drinkers resemble craft beer drinkers in some ways as the coffee smell and the coffee taste can have many different variations, even in places like Starbucks, which are chain-based coffee shops. The beans also make a difference. Beans are often sourced from places in poorer countries, such as South America or Central America.
They are also sourced in some places in Africa, if those countries have the ability and the climate to grow coffee. This has led to an issue in the past decade where some coffee growers were being likely exploited, leading to the global fair trade agreement and other labels that mean the person who is growing the coffee is being paid a living wage.
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One of the most important aspects to drinking coffee for most Americans is to add a little sugar or cream to the coffee to give it some flavor beyond the black bitter flavor of black coffee. For that, a person generally needs to have a stirring device, which is often a wooden stir.
Coffee stirrers are used to stir in sugar and cream. Sometimes coffee stirrers are used to stir either sugar or cream. Sometimes coffee stirrers go to add other ingredients to the coffee. Coffee stirrers are used to stir in many different kinds of ingredients that go well with the coffee or the person’s personal preferences.
Coffee stirrers are helpful as part of the coffee shop’s general inventory that they are putting on for the customers, especially at stirring or adding stations. They are helpful.