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The annual coffee consumption in the United States accounts for more than 20% of global coffee sales.

Published: 2026-08-24 Author: World Gafei

Last Updated: 2026/08/24, At present, the annual coffee consumption of the United States accounts for more than ⒛% of the world, and it is the largest coffee consumer. But in the early British colonial period, the European immigrants in North America were mainly tea drinks, coffee was rare, and the culture of cafes was far inferior to that of Europe. At that time, there were no independent cafes in North America, and coffee drinks were sold in hotels, hotels, inns and restaurants, the most famous Green Dragon Cafe (GrcenD)

At present, the annual coffee consumption of the United States accounts for more than ⒛% of the world, and it is the largest coffee consumer. But in the early British colonial period, the European immigrants in North America were mainly tea drinks, coffee was rare, and the culture of cafes was far inferior to that of Europe. At that time, there were no independent cafes in North America, and coffee drinks were sold in hotels, hotels, inns and restaurants. The most famous Green Dragon Cafe (GrcenDragon) looked like a complex operation of taverns and inns, very different from the humanistic cafes in Europe. The lack of coffee in early North America should have something to do with the promotion of tea by the British East India Company. In other words, in the early days of the United States, there was only tea culture, and coffee was only an accessory to an inn or bar.

Interestingly, after the outbreak of the Boston Tea incident in December 1773, North American immigrants began to switch to coffee in order to resist the British tax increase, resulting in today's huge coffee consumption, which is a great romantic story in coffee history.

The thing is, Britain passed the Stamp Act in 1765 in an attempt to increase taxes in the North American colonies. North American immigrants protested against higher import duties and smuggled tea, refusing to buy high-priced Chinese and Indian tea imported from Britain, resulting in a sharp drop in tea sales at the East India Company.

In 773, the British Parliament passed the Tea tax Act, allowing the East India Company to sell tea directly to North America, significantly reducing costs in order to compete with smuggled tea from North America. In December of the same year, the first batch of tea bricks dumped at a low price arrived at the port of Boston. John Adams, the second president of the United States, led more than 100 men dressed as Indians to seize the freighter and threw more than 300 cases of English tea into the sea.

This incident became the forerunner of the American War of Independence. Since then, in order to resist British rule, European immigrants in North America refused to drink English tea and switched to coffee, which became a patriotic drink at that time. Americans became addicted to coffee, and the Green Dragon Cafe became the most popular place for American independence activists.

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