How Cultures Use & View Coffee

ITALY:

• Italy is known as the coffee capital of the world.
• Milan and Rome in particular are considered global coffee hubs, and both cities are lined with coffee shops.
• In Rome, breakfast often consists of "Cappuccino e Cornetto" which translates to Cappuccino and Croissant
• Milan, Cappuccino e Brioche/Croissant.
• If you want your croissant without jam or condiments, in Rome you would ask for "Cornetto Simplice" and in Milan "Vueto".[2]
• Italians prefer Arabica beans, but blend them often with Robusta beans.
• Arabica is favored for it's full flavor and low caffeine content.
• Italian roasts are low oil. [2]
• One standard Italian greeting among friends is "prendiam un caffe?" which means "Fancy a coffee?".
• Italian coffee culture adheres to several rules which are intentionally complicated. [3]
• First coffee house in Europe opened in Venice in 1683[11]

FINLAND:

• Finland has the highest consumption of coffee per captia per year, at 12kg per individual.
• That's 5 cups per person per day.
• The fins even have a constitutional law which dictates that each workplace has an allotted coffee drinking break time. [4]
• The Finnish prefer lighter roast coffees, which are highest in caffeine content. [5]

RUSSIA:

• Moscow is the city with the most expensive coffee in the world, at 9$ per cup.

CANADA:

• 81% of Canadians drink coffee occasionally
• 63% over 18 drink it daily
• More popular in Canada than the US.
• Quebec is highest at 70% and 53% in the Maritimes.
• 60% Ontario
• 67% Praries
• 61% BC
• Drink approx 2.6 cups of coffee a day
• 51% at breakfast, 16% morning time, 10% afternoon, 8% at dinner and 7% evening
• 56% + consumed is MEDIUM ROAST during breakfast
• 66% consumed at home, 12% consumed at work, 16% at eateries, 5^ in alternative places[10]

UNITED STATES:

• Import 4$ Billion of coffee a year.
• Consume 400 million cups of coffee per day.
• 31% of coffee-drinks sold are espresso-based, the rest are brewed.
• The average consumption in America of coffee-per-day is 3.5 cups per capita.[7]
• 40% 2011 of 18-24 year olds drink coffee, which is up from 31% in 2010.
• 54% of adults 25-39 drink coffee regularly, up from 44% in 2010.
• 37% of coffee consumed in America is gourmet coffee, which means that quality is still integral to coffee-drinkers regardless of fiscal crises. [8]

US COFFEE CHAINS BY SIZE:

• Starbucks 8,000
• Caribou Coffee, 322
• Tim Horton's 292
• Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf 213
• Coffee Beanery 200
• Seattle's Best 160
• Peet's Coffee 112
• Tully's 100
• Dunn Bro's Coffee 85
• Port City Java 55

Resources:
[1]http://www.lifeinitaly.com/food/coffee.asp
[2]http://www.spottedbylocals.com/blog/coffee-culture-italy/
[3]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/italy/6246202/Italian-coffee-culture-a-guide.html
[4]http://www.nectareal.com/finnish-coffee-culture/
[5]http://www.uta.fi/FAST/FIN/GEN/to-coffe.html
[6]http://www.weirdlyodd.com/10-most-expensive-cities-in-the-world/
[7]http://www.e-importz.com/Support/specialty_coffee.htm
[8]http://www.scaa.org/

[9] http://www.slashfood.com/2006/06/11/the-10-largest-coffee-chains-in-the-us/

[10] http://www.coffeeassoc.com/coffeeincanada.htm

[11] http://www.professorshouse.com/Food-Beverage/Beverages/Hot-Drinks/Articles/Coffee-Facts-and-Statistics/

I will be adding more research to this post as I find it. At the moment I was thinking the easiest transition would be between mine and Andrew's. There are two great map resources for coffee production by country, and another for consumption by country, and aesthetically I think the best way to do this is have little bubbles or things pop up from the countries, we can zoom in on them to present ideas/info, that way we have the visual interest of a map, which can help to condense the information, but we also get a way to create dynamic graphical work to showcase information.