Australian coffee by the numbers

by Dugald Jellie
The Sydney Morning Herald

Finns drink more coffee per capita than anyone else in the world - 11.2kg a year each. Italians consume 5.4kg and the Japanese 3.3kg. Coffee consumption in Australia is 2.4kg and rising, according to the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics research on a beverage that surely sends bean counters crazy.

Nobody truly knows how many cappuccinos, macchiatos, flat whites and, yep, long blacks are served in Sydney on the daily grind, but it's enough to keep us buzzing until midday. Some suggest it's about 1.23 million cups a day (excluding those brewed at home or work, and with a peak in winter), although that's mostly guesswork.

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