When
you think of Japan drinks (non-alcoholic kind, not sake), you normally think of
green tea which is origin from Chinese. The
culture of Chinese Tea spread to Japan, Korea and also the rest of the world. But actually, beside tea, coffee is quite popular in Japan.
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Figure1.
Largest importers of coffee as % of world total 2006-10
Source. International Coffee Organization |
From
figure 1, we can see that the Unites Stated
is the biggest importer, averaging 1.27 million tonnes a year in the period
2006-10, followed by Germany (546,000 tonnes) and Japan (431,000 tonnes), while
the UK imports 184,000 tonnes. Japan is the third largest importer coffee in the World and the 39th
largest consumption per capita for coffee. This means Japan import about 7,8%
of the world’s annual coffee exports. Japan should import coffee from other country because Japanese climate
is not suitable for growing coffee beans.
