The pandemic has affected everyone in a different way. Endless zoom meetings and sitting in front of a computer without a change of scenery have created a very stressful work environment and lead us all to grab that cup of coffee or tea to keep us going.
Have you ever wondered what caffeine drinks countries prefer to keep them motivated during the workweek?
A study into caffeine consumption of 57 countries examined the role it plays in our diets, using the volume sales of caffeine-containing beverages from Euromonitor to see what caffeine source each country prefers.
To simplify tastes, we grouped them into three types:
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Coffee — Includes fresh brewed coffee, instant coffee, and ready-to-drink coffee.
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Tea — Includes herbal, black, green, and other teas, as well as ready-to-drink tea.
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Soft Drinks — Includes colas, other soft drinks, sports drinks, and energy drinks.
Can you guess which one was the number one choice in Canada? Coffee of course! I mean who doesn’t love Timmie’s? Coffee also ranked high in Europe, South Korea and Brazil.
Tea was the preferred drink of choice for many countries in most of Asia, including China, India, Indonesia, and Japan. But it also showed a strong foothold in Africa, as Kenya is the world’s largest black tea exporter, and in Europe, as Turkey, Ireland, and the UK are the world’s top three tea-consuming countries per capita.
The most surprising is the global preference for soft drinks. The U.S. and most of Latin America overwhelmingly consumed soft drinks over other caffeine drinks, as did the Philippines, Thailand, and Australia. Even in Europe, some countries that are heavy coffee drinkers like Italy and Switzerland purchased more soft drinks than coffee by narrow margins!
As a snapshot of global caffeine consumption, it’s a reminder that the world’s most commonly consumed psychoactive stimulant is taken in many different forms. Both throughout history, and in modern times.
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