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Coffee Food Miles

How Far Has It Travelled?

In total "Coffee" has been searched for 66,403 times. The total mileage contribution of this is 325,065,315 miles!

This means that the average distance is 4,895 miles - that's 20% further than the average distance across everything tracked by the calculator.

Based on average UK government emissions figures, travelling that distance produces roughly 1469 kg CO2 by plane, 1341 kg CO2 by car, or 274 kg CO2 by train.

For context: growing/producing 1kg of coffee is estimated to generate roughly 28.53 kg CO2e in total (land use, farming, processing and packaging combined) - for most foods, that's far more than the transport emissions above. See what the research says about why what you eat usually matters more than how far it travelled. (Estimate for the closest matching category, Coffee, not this exact product - source: Our World in Data, based on Poore & Nemecek 2018.)

The Top 20 sources are shown below:

Country From # of checks
Brazil 17,690
Colombia 9,694
Ethiopia 7,284
Kenya 2,989
Costa Rica 1,812
South Africa 1,730
Peru 1,297
United States 1,240
Indonesia 1,166
Netherlands 1,031
Italy 1,002
Uganda 941
Vietnam 905
Guatemala 856
India 793
United Kingdom 743
Australia 687
Mexico 628
Germany 585

Related Items

Due to the food types being user entered, these might also be of use:

Arabica Coffee , Bon Coffee, Coffee Beans, Coffee Beans, Coffee Granules, Coffee Grounds, Coffee Mate, Coffee Pods, Coffee Powder, Decaf Coffee

Wondering how far this really gets you, and what it means for your own choices? See what the current research says about food miles, or find out whether food miles still matter in 2026.

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