Gourmet coffee beans are sold in large quantities in Australia. In the same study conducted by Roy Morgan Research noted that this has also increased the number of Australians who visit coffee shops. While Victoria leads the most café visits at 58%, it is followed by Queensland at 42%.
Australians spend about $773.5 million on fresh coffee beans as well as instant coffee. Compared with tea, most Australians prefer coffee according to the research released by Datamonitor. Datamonitor is a provider in global business information doing surveys on the current trend in the consumer market.
Datamonitor senior consumer analyst Niraj Lalka said “Coffee drinking is becoming an integral part in Australian lifestyle which led to the explosion and popularity of highly specialised coffee shops thus fueling the growth of local coffee sector.”
It also forecasts that Australians will buy 23 million of kilograms of coffee beans this year and will likely rise to 23.4 million within the 2013. Mr. Lalka added that “The increase in coffee consumption among Australians is due to its health and medicinal benefits found in coffee.”
A large-scale study conducted and published by New England Journal of Medicine revealed that men who drank at most six cups of coffee are 10% less likely to die early than those who don’t consume coffee. Dr. Neal Freedman, one of the researchers in the study said “Coffee contains more than 1,000 compounds that help improve the health of a person. Coffee contains antioxidants and polyphenols.
Australians buy their coffee from specialised coffee shops but there is an increasing trend of consumers buying their coffee from coffee beans online stores. Experts from the Australian Bureau of Statistics noted that there is an increasing trend of consumers buying their coffee from online retail stores.
To get your coffee beans online, you can always get them fresh from Coffee Beans Shop. The company is the leading online coffee retail shop in Australia. You can visit their site at www.coffeebeansshop.com.au or call their hotline number at 07 5598 4110 so that you will be able to get the best coffee beans to start your day.
