San Francisco among ‘Best Coffee Cities in America’

SAN FRANCISCO ( KRON ) — It’s Monday morning in San Francisco. It’s 58 degrees and foggy outside. You’re starting your workweek, and you’re in need of…

Coffee.

Luckily for you, San Francisco is just the city for a great cup of coffee. The City ranked second among “Best Coffee Cities in America” by WalletHub, which released its list on Wednesday.

San Francisco received an overall “Best Coffee City” score of 65.80 and was edged out by first-place Portland, Ore. (67.01). The two West Coast cities switched spots from WalletHub’s 2023 ranking when San Francisco was ranked the best coffee city in the country.

Across the approximately 49 square miles, there are a plethora of coffee options across San Francisco. No matter what part of the city you live in, you are most likely within walking distance of an establishment that can serve you a cup of joe.

According to WalletHub, San Francisco’s “coffee-crazy households spend an average ​​​​of over $280 on the beverage each year, the ​second-​most of any city.”

San Franciscans have the highest percentage of U.S. households with an espresso or cappuccino maker (11%). The city has the second-highest percentage of residents with an electric coffee grinder at nearly 27%.

WalletHub: Best Coffee Cities in America

Oakland (11th) and San Jose (46th) were the other Bay Area cities to crack WalletHub’s top 100 list.

Methodology

WalletHub compiled its ranking from the U.S.’s 100 most populated cities across 12 different metrics. Ten of the metrics were equally weighed at ~7.14 points. The two remaining metrics were weighed at ~14.29 points.

The 12 metrics factored in for each city are as follows:

1. Average price per pack of coffee
2. Average price of a cappuccino
3. Average spending on coffee per household
4. Share of adult coffee drinkers
5. Share of households that own coffee makers
6. Affordable coffee shops, coffee houses & cafés rated 4.5+ stars per capita *
7. Coffee shops, coffee houses & cafés per capita *
8. Coffee and tea manufacturers per capita
9. Coffee shops with free Wi-Fi per capita
10. Donut shops per capita
11. Google search traffic for the term “coffee”
12. Presence of “coffee-centric events”

*Metrics that accounted for double weight (14.29 points)

WalletHub compiled its data from the U.S. Census Bureau, Council for Community and Economic Research, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Numbeo, Google Trends, Yelp, Esri’s Updated Demographics, GfK MRI, Caffeine Crawl, Coffee Fest and U.S. Championships. The data compiled is as of Aug. 21, 2024.

See WalletHub’s full list here .

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