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Studies say Koreans now prefer coffee over kimchi

Posted by Pakman31 pts Thursday, January 22, 2015
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When non-Koreans think of Korea, they usually think of either K-Pop or kimchi, but Korea's kimchi craze might actually be dying down now. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs has recently announced that coffee has officially beat kimchi as Korea's favorite food product. 




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According to a study, the average Korean drinks coffee 12.2 times per week or 1.74 times a day. Meanwhile, kimchi is consumed 11.9 times per week, coming in second to coffee. Sugar and multigrain rice tie for third as they are both consumed 9.7 times per week.


According to reports, instant brew coffee is particularly getting popular lately and Korea is 30th in the world for coffee consumption according to the National Coffee Association of the United States. It is believed that the main caffeine-dealing culprit that got Korea addicted to this drink is Starbucks, which entered Korea in 1999 and popularized the coffee chain concept in the country.


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