NYC Is America's Coffee Shop Capital, Study Says

NEW YORK — This could be why New Yorkers are so high-strung. The Big Apple is the nation's No. 1 coffee city in part because it has a higher concentration of coffee shops than any place else, a new WalletHub study says.

The personal finance website ranked the 100 largest U.S. cities based on 14 factors of "coffee lover-friendliness," such as the average price of a cappuccino and the share of adult coffee drinkers.

New York City beat out Seattle, the birthplace of Starbucks, for the No. 1 overall spot. The city claimed the top rank in two key categories: the per-capita number of coffee shops, coffee houses and cafés; and the per-capita number of "affordable" coffee establishments with high ratings.

The city has no shortage of places to surf the web with a cup of joe — it ranked No. 1 for the number of coffee shops with free WiFi per capita, according to WalletHub. Pastries are also plentiful, as the city also took the top spot for the per-capita number of donut shops.

Close to 13 percent of adults drink coffee in the city (23rd in the nation), and the average household here spends nearly $132 a year on coffee (14th in the nation). But New York also has the nation's 15th most expensive cappuccinos with an average price of $4.40, WalletHub found.

Coffee lovers would also find themselves at home on the West Coast — San Francisco, Portland and Los Angeles followed Seattle to round out WalletHub's top five coffee cities.

See the full top and bottom 10 below, or check out WalletHub's full study here.

The 10 Best Coffee Cities In America

1. New York City
2. Seattle, Washington
3. San Francisco, California
4. Portland, Oregon
5. Los Angeles, California
6. Washington, D.C.
7. Chicago, Illinois
8. Miami, Florida
9. Boston, Massachusetts
10. San Diego, California

The 10 Worst Coffee Cities In America

1. Toledo, Ohio
2. Birmingham, Alabama
3. Detroit, Michigan
4. Laredo, Texas
5. Greensboro, North Carolina
6. San Bernardino, California
7. Stockton, California
8. Fresno, California
9. Baton Rouge, Louisiana
10. Winston-Salem, North Carolina

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