A  recent Zagat survey of 1,700 coffee drinkers has found that people who drink coffee do so on a daily basis. The survey also asked coffee drinkers several other questions including how many cups they drank, what they put in it and even asked what age they started drinking coffee.Here are some of the highlights of the survey.

  • 2.2 cups per day is the average for most coffee drinkers
  • 44% say they started drinking coffee between the ages of 15-19
  • 55% like their coffee hot while 42% said hot or cold depending on the season
  • 31% prefer regular coffee followed by latte 18% and cappuccino 12%
  • 30% drink it black, 25% with half and half and 16% with whole milk
  • 53% want coffee with no sweetener. Sugar was the next most popular 20%

When asked if they could eliminate coffee from their diet if they wanted to, the response was mixed with 58% saying yes and 42% saying no.

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