WASHINGTON, Nov. 28, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --
Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S.
Census Bureau:
COFFEE RATIONING
Profile America — Friday, November
28th. Given what seems to be the ever-growing profusion of
coffee vendors, imagine what a crisis it would be if coffee were
suddenly rationed. That's exactly what happened this month in 1942,
because the Second World War had interrupted shipments and people
were hoarding coffee. But rationing lasted only until the next
summer. It's thought that coffee was introduced into America by
Captain John Smith, one of the
founders of the Jamestown Colony in Virginia. Its popularity jumped after both the
Boston Tea Party and the beginning of Prohibition. For those who
don't make their own coffee, there are just over 19,000 coffee
shops across the country, and they sell more than $10 billion worth of coffee a year. You can
find current data on the country's economy by downloading the
America's Economy mobile app at <www.census.gov/mobile>.
Sources:
Coffee rationing:
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/coffee-rationing-begins
Coffee in
America: http://www.koboscoffee.com/knowledge/about-coffee/history-of-coffee
Coffee shops and revenues/ NAICS 7222135:
http://globalreach.blogs.census.gov/2013/06/26/coffeedata/
http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ECN_2007_US_00A1&prodType=table
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SOURCE U.S. Census Bureau