U.S. Coffee Consumption


	U.S. Per Capita Coffee Consumption			U.S. Consumption of Coffee

				Regular	Soluble	Total


	Pounds 1/	Gallons		--Cups per person, per day--

1960	15.8	38.8		2.21	0.56	2.77
1961	15.8	39.0		2.33	0.64	2.97
1962	15.9	39.3		2.45	0.67	3.12
1963	15.7	38.9		2.36	0.65	3.01
1964	15.3	38.2		2.29	0.61	2.90
1965	14.8	37.0		2.21	0.58	2.79
1966	14.5	37.0		2.23	0.63	2.86
1967	14.8	36.2		2.19	0.65	2.84
1968	14.9	36.5		2.08	0.64	2.72
1969	14.1	36.2		1.99	0.69	2.68
1970	13.6	35.7		1.91	0.66	2.57
1971	13.1	35.3		1.83	0.67	2.50
1972	13.7	35.2		1.67	0.68	2.35
1973	13.5	35.1		1.61	0.69	2.30
1974	12.8	33.8		1.50	0.75	2.25
1975	12.2	33.0		1.52	0.68	2.20
1976	12.5	29.4		1.48	0.63	2.11
1977	 9.4	28.0		1.30	0.64	1.94
1978	10.5	27.0		1.30	0.67	1.97
1979	11.3	27.7		1.42	0.62	2.04
1980	10.3	27.2		1.39	0.62	2.01
1981	10.0	27.0		1.38	0.54	1.92
1982	 9.9	26.2		1.33	0.56	1.89
1983	10.1	26.1		1.31	0.53	1.84
1984	10.2	26.3		1.44	0.54	1.98
1985	10.5	26.8		1.39	0.42	1.81
1986	10.5	27.1		1.37	0.36	1.73
1987	10.2	26.7		1.37	0.37	1.74
1988	 9.8	26.1		1.31	0.34	1.65
1989	10.1	26.1		1.43	0.32	1.75
1990	10.3	26.2		1.42	0.29	1.71
1991	10.3	26.6		1.46	0.27	1.73
1992	10.0	26.5		2/	2/	2/
1993	 9.1	25.3		1.61	0.25	1.87
1994	 8.3	23.4		2/	2/	2/
1995	 8.2	21.5		1.38	0.27	1.67
1996	 8.2	20.4		1.52	0.17	1.69
1997	 8.1	19.7		1.41	0.18	1.60


1/  Green bean equivalent. 
2/  Winter Coffee Drinking Study was not conducted.

Source:  Davenport & Company LLC, for per capita data.  National Coffee Association for
consumption by type.

June 1998						Horticultural and Tropical Products Division, FAS/USDA