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Mapped: The countries that splash a many coffee

The London Coffee Festival kicks off today, charity those in a collateral a possibility to slurp espresso martinis and watch bearded folk furnish latte art. 

But that nation is many lustful of a much-loved bean? We’ve mapped a universe according to coffee expenditure per capita – and it’s a Finns that come out on top. They grub their approach by an considerable 12kg per chairman per year, according to stats from the International Coffee Organization. 

Finland’s northern European neighbours are only as inspired for java. Norway, Iceland, Denmark and Sweden also make a tip 10 – it contingency be those prolonged winters. 

Helsinki, where there’s no necessity of coffee

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The US comes 26th, while a UK turns adult during series 45.

The world’s 20 biggest coffee drinkers

  1. Finland – 12kg per capita per year
  2. Norway – 9.9
  3. Iceland – 9
  4. Denmark – 8.7
  5. Netherlands – 8.4
  6. Sweden – 8.2
  7. Switzerland – 7.9
  8. Belgium – 6.8
  9. Luxembourg – 6.5
  10. Canada – 6.2
  11. Bosnia and Herzegovina – 6.1
  12. Austria – 5.9
  13. Italy – 5.8
  14. Slovenia – 5.8
  15. Brazil – 5.5
  16. Germany – 5.5
  17. Greece – 5.4
  18. France – 5.1
  19. Croatia – 4.9
  20. Cyprus – 4.8

Our squalid position in a coffee rankings might be down to a friendship to another prohibited beverage: tea. We splash some-more tea per chairman per year (4.281 pounds) than all though dual other nations, according to 2014 Euromonitor statistics. Turkey tops that sold table, with 6.961 pounds consumed annually per capita. 

Turkey drinks a many tea

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The world’s 20 biggest tea drinkers

  1. Turkey – 6.961 lbs per capita per year
  2. Ireland – 4.831
  3. United Kingdom – 4.281
  4. Russia – 3.051
  5. Morocco – 2.682
  6. New Zealand – 2.629
  7. Egypt – 2.231
  8. Poland – 2.204
  9. Japan – 2.133
  10. Saudi Arabia – 1.983
  11. South Africa – 1.789
  12. Netherlands – 1.714
  13. Australia – 1.649
  14. Chile – 1.613
  15. United Arab Emirates – 1.589
  16. Germany – 1.524
  17. Hong Kong – 1.428
  18. Ukraine – 1.284
  19. China – 1.248
  20. Canada – 1.121

The above total embody tea in many forms: Earl Grey, masala chai, green, packet and iced – so prolonged as it’s subsequent from a tea plant, Camellia sinensis. 

But include maté tea and a slew of new nations enter a equation, including Paraguay, where they guzzle 26.9lbs of a things per chairman per year, Uruguay (21.3lbs) and Argentina (13.3lbs).