What is International Coffee Day?

Every year on October 1st, International Coffee Day honors one of the world's most popular beverages. It's also a day to promote fair trade coffee and raise concerns about the coffee growers' plight.

It's likely that coffee is one of the world's most popular beverages. In fact, coffee is the third most popular beverage in the world after water and tea. Each month, almost 10 million bags of coffee around the world are exported each month. Americans drink 400 million cups of coffee a day in the United States. That sounds like a lot of coffee! You may be surprised to learn that the United States does not even rank in the top ten for coffee-addicted countries.

The following are the top ten countries that consume the most coffee: The most popular coffee is found in the top ten countries The most popular coffee drinkers in the top ten countries include::