3 Number of cups of coffee Chinese citizen consume yearly on average

China, despite being the world’s most populous country, has one of the lowest coffee consumption rates in the world (per-capita consumption in the United States is 363 cups)

A barista preparing coffee in a Starbucks in Jiangsu, China

Coffee in China: figures and statistics

  • Coffee consumption rates in China are growing at 30% a year, compared to an international rate of 2% (SPR Coffee)
  • In the last ten years, consumption has grown a staggering 1,032% (Communicafe)
  • Starbucks is rapidly expanding its footprint and tripled store count in China to 3,300 in 2018 from 1,017 in 2013
  • The first Starbucks opened in China in 1999; Dunkin Donuts opened its Chinese first store in 2008
  • Almost all domestic coffee comes from Yunnan, accounting for 98% of production. (China Daily)
  • After a fraud scandal, China’s Luckin Coffee’s stock tumbled over 90% from its peak of $51.38 in January 2020 to just $2.69 in May 2020 (Reuters)

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