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Coffee Food Miles

How Far Has It Travelled?

In total "Coffee" has been searched for 65,596 times. The total mileage contribution of this is 320,745,382 miles!

This means that the average distance is 4,890 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 1467 kg CO2 by plane, 1340 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 17,405
Colombia 9,557
Ethiopia 7,226
Kenya 2,984
Costa Rica 1,800
South Africa 1,700
Peru 1,288
United States 1,236
Indonesia 1,157
Netherlands 1,027
Italy 987
Uganda 935
Vietnam 900
Guatemala 854
India 790
United Kingdom 738
Australia 664
Mexico 628
Germany 576

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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