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Coffee Food Miles

How Far Has It Travelled?

In total "Coffee" has been searched for 66,619 times. The total mileage contribution of this is 326,097,095 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 17,752
Colombia 9,703
Ethiopia 7,314
Kenya 2,989
Costa Rica 1,824
South Africa 1,735
Peru 1,300
United States 1,242
Indonesia 1,168
Netherlands 1,031
Italy 1,002
Uganda 941
Vietnam 909
Guatemala 856
India 795
United Kingdom 750
Australia 688
Mexico 628
Germany 586

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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