Caffeine Survey Reveals Most, Least Caffeinated Cities

Posted by Kendall Harmon

You need to guess the top 5 American cities before you look.

Filed under: * General Interest

11 Comments
Posted November 7, 2007 at 7:07 am [Printer Friendly] [Print w/ comments]



1. physician without health wrote:

I was stumped.  I thought for sure Seattle would be most caffeinated as they seem to have about 3 coffee shops on every city block!

November 7, 9:10 am | [comment link]
2. rob k wrote:

The survey didn’t cover just coffee, but soft drinks and other sources of caffeine.  I think Seattle did rank first for coffee only.  I was surprised that San Francisco/Oakland didn’t rank higher for coffee consumption, given the long history there as a coffee importing and roasting location.  Many coffee companies had their headquarters there, such as Hills Bros., Folgers, MJB(still there), Farmer Bros. (maybe still there, et al.

November 7, 9:57 am | [comment link]
3. physician without health wrote:

Thanks Rob K.  This Starbucks addict is glad to see Seattle get the recognition it deserves.  I tip my hat also to Minneapolis, home of Caribou, a worthy competitor.

November 7, 10:00 am | [comment link]
4. KAR wrote:

I was SO off the mark on my guesses, in fact many were inverted what I thought.

November 7, 10:02 am | [comment link]
5. MikeS wrote:

Finally, justification for the Diet Coke/coffee requirement for every morning.  I can say its not me, it’s the culture I live in, I’m expected to do this, we want to fit in don’t we?

Now if I could just get my wife to agree…

November 7, 10:26 am | [comment link]
6. azusa wrote:

Did nobody survey SLC or Boise? Don’t the Latte Day Saints figure here?

November 7, 11:01 am | [comment link]
7. Kevin Montgomery wrote:

1.  For the SF area, I would also plug Peet’s Coffee.  Mmmm.  smile~

2.  I noticed that Los Angeles had the least chocolate consumption . . . I always knew something was wrong with that place.

November 7, 11:36 am | [comment link]
8. C. Wingate wrote:

I’m amused to see that DC is a tea outpost.

November 7, 12:35 pm | [comment link]
9. Irenaeus wrote:

New York City among the least caffeinated? That would surprise most Americans. Note that “in a New York minute” is synonymous with right away. But perhaps there are cultural and environmental substitutes for caffeine.

November 7, 1:13 pm | [comment link]
10. Alta Californian wrote:

MikeS, that’s a running debate between my brother and me.  I’ve always applied the traditional rule for alcohol to any kind of soda…not until noon (11 if with an early lunch).  For a long time he preferred a morning Coke to coffee.

Kevin, thanks for mentioning Peet’s.  They’re branching out all over Northern California.  It’s my family’s favorite (though I’m not a coffee drinker myself).

November 7, 2:21 pm | [comment link]
11. rob k wrote:

Nos. 4 & 9 - I, too, was surprised at some of the rankings.  Kevin - interesting about LA and chocolate!

November 7, 10:01 pm | [comment link]
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