5 interesting facts about coffee

Here at UK Vending it goes without saying that we love a good coffee, and we pride ourselves on delivering the very best right to your workplace, school, or wherever you may be. Sometimes we ask ourselves probing-questions about what coffee is, what coffee means to people. Then we jump on the internet and find the answers to our questions, such as just how much do Americans love their coffees?

64% of American adults currently consume coffee every day.

According to a study conducted by the NCA, this is the highest rate since 2012.

An average American drinks 3.1 cups of coffee per day.

The FDA recommends that we keep our caffeine intake at 400 mg a day or less, which is equivalent to about 4 cups of coffee. Therefore, it looks like Americans stick to this recommendation, on average.

Americans drink about 400 million cups of coffee every day.

According to recent coffee drinking statistics, the US is among the leading consumers of coffee in the world.

Americans drink about 146 billion cups of coffee per year.

This statistic clearly shows just how obsessed Americans are with this tasty beverage. Still, when it comes to coffee consumption, they don’t even rank among the top ten countries in the world.

Americans consume 75% of all their caffeine in the form of coffee.

Besides coffee, other common sources of caffeine are tea, energy drinks, soda, and chocolate. For example, a milk chocolate bar can contain up to 50mg of caffeine. Interestingly enough, several health benefits of coffee aren’t related to its caffeine content, but to the fact that coffee is also a great source of antioxidants.