largest coffee drinking cities?

[hawaiian5 10+ year member]

what are the largest drinking coffee cities in the u.s.? how would i go about finding out?. i tried searching the net, but didnt find anything close. the reason i ask, is that im gonna take over my auntys 40 acre kona coffee farm, and thinking about selling the coffee dirt cheap in the states, or cities that drink the most. 100% pure kona coffee can get really expensive, but since im gonna have such a small crew, i will be able to sell the coffee really cheap. just wondering if anyone has or knows where i can find that kind of info?.

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[tapout 5,000+ posts]

seattle

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[DjiNN 10+ year member]

if the coffee beans u sell can get expensive .. why not try to get a contract with a major coffee chain .. and supply them with beans .. and what not ..

 

[NoPh33rRaCiNg 10+ year member]

seattle ftl

 

[Calikid 5,000+ posts]

Cali

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[MassOccur 10+ year member]

Tapout and Noph FTW....Centralia WA here and im in Seattle once a week....

I guarentee Seattle....A ****ed Starbucks every block minimum....usually 2-3 coffee shops every block trying to compete with one another.

 

[PhatTonyDeMarco 5,000+ posts]

You're not exactly going about this the right way. You don't want to focus on certain cities, but rather certain chains. There are hundreds of coffee companies that have multiple locations and franchises in the U.S., so you need to research them and try to become one of their suppliers.

You can't just call up a Starbucks in Seattle and tell them you have some beans for sale, because they already have suppliers set up through the corporation; each franchise does not individually decide where to buy their beans.

 

[Calikid 5,000+ posts]

http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=%7B69E55C50-964D-4DC3-9C52-5B16E8343178%7D

 

[Calikid 5,000+ posts]

The top 10 cities with the most coffee restaurants per capita, according to the NPD Group:

1. Anchorage, Alaska: 2.8 coffee shops per 10,000 people

2. Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Wash.: 2.5 shops

3. San Francisco, Calif.: 2.2 shops

4. Bellingham, Wash.: 2.1 shops

5. Portland, Ore.-Vancouver, Wash.: 2 shops

6. Bremerton, Wash.: 1.9 shops

7. Boulder-Longmont, Colo.: 1.8 shops

8. Olympia, Wash.: 1.8 shops

9. San Luis Obispo-Atascadero-Paso Robles, Calif.: 1.6 shops

10. Santa Rosa, Calif.: 1.5 coffee shops per 10,000 people

The NPD Group says the top 10 cities with the greatest number of coffee shops are:

1. Los Angeles-Long Beach, with 801 shops

2. Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, with 628

3. Chicago, Ill., with 568

4. New York, with 525

5. Portland-Vancouver, with 419

6. Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn., with 384

7. Washington, D.C. area, with 379

8. San Francisco with 373

9. San Diego with 344

10. Orange County, Calif., with 326 coffee shops

 

[hawaiian5 10+ year member]

well, i already talked to one of the biggest coffee producers in the u.s. actually, i work for a beer distributor whos owner owns royal hawaiian coffee co. the only way i can get a contract, is to wait to the next harvest, so they can grade the coffee been, than get an estimate of how much i'd be able to harvest, than they said they will give me a contract. but still, im planing on bagging my own and selling a small share to the public for a cheaper price. in hawaii, a 100% pure organic 10-12oz bag of kona coffee can range from 15-25 dollars. i have ben told that they are alot more expensive in the states. but im just trying to get a ruff idea about where to start advertising and shipping to.

 

[hawaiian5 10+ year member]

what i was leaning more towards, is the people that actually go to the stores and buy the coffe to make at home or work. most people in the big cities just go down to the nearest coffee shop and buy it because they dont have the time to make it at home. so im more into selling to the people that can just make it at home. as for the rest of the coffee, im gonna have to wait for a contract. most likely ill get one.

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

are you gonna roast this coffee?

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

I have a friend who owns a local coffee company called Condaxis Coffee and Tea. The roast all their own coffee. He literally drinks a cup from every shipment of coffee beans he gets to make sure he selects the best beans. The company's been around since 1960. If you'd like, I can give you his name and number.

 

[Calikid 5,000+ posts]

thats a good start

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

1. Anchorage, Alaska: 2.8 coffee shops per 10,000 people

2. Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Wash.: 2.5 shops

3. San Francisco, Calif.: 2.2 shops

4. Bellingham, Wash.: 2.1 shops

5. Portland, Ore.-Vancouver, Wash.: 2 shops

6. Bremerton, Wash.: 1.9 shops

7. Boulder-Longmont, Colo.: 1.8 shops

8. Olympia, Wash.: 1.8 shops

9. San Luis Obispo-Atascadero-Paso Robles, Calif.: 1.6 shops

10. Santa Rosa, Calif.: 1.5 coffee shops per 10,000 people

Washington holds 5 of ten spots.

Washington > *

I have lived in 3 of those cities:uhoh: