{"id":1474,"date":"2014-12-01T17:20:14","date_gmt":"2014-12-01T22:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/livesofmaps\/?p=1474"},"modified":"2014-12-04T15:06:33","modified_gmt":"2014-12-04T20:06:33","slug":"coffee-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/livesofmaps\/2014\/12\/01\/coffee-map\/","title":{"rendered":"Coffee Map"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Whether it be Dunkin\u2019 Donuts, Starbucks, or your at home Maxwell House blend, coffee is crucial around the world; this map titled \u201cTop 50 Most Coffee Consuming Countries\u201d is exactly what its name suggests, maintaining uniqueness in its orientation and appearance. It includes a list of the top 50 countries that drink coffee (per capita), accompanied by a map that shades in the most caffeinated countries with a brown pigment. The countries that drink the most coffee have a darker shade of brown, while the countries that are lower on the list have a lighter, almost tan, brown. Finally, the countries that didn\u2019t make the list are an empty white. I think from this map, we can conclude that there is a high prevalence of coffee all over the world. In economic terms, coffee is classified as a normal good, meaning that there is an increase in demand for coffee as a result of an increase in wealth or income. Thus, the countries that have the highest GDP consume, typically, the most coffee.<\/p>\n

In addition, the placement of the continents in this map is extremely significant. The map places a focus on Japan, the author\u2019s home nation. Naturally, this would be a logical reasoning behind the placement of continents; still though, itdoesn\u2019t stay true to the purpose of the map. The top coffee-consuming countries are the Scandinavian countries and Canada; surely, one would think the map would be focused on Europe or North American because of these nations. This goes to say a lot about the author; she is firstly and fore mostly a blogger. She tackles the cultural angle of this map and its implications, demonstrating a geographical love for coffee around the globe. In short, her focus isn\u2019t entirely about cartography. Simply, she is a woman with a blog who seeks to represent something she loves and reflect on her home country as well. This map serves as a manner of adapting to new surroundings in the United States, while making the world seem much smaller than it is, democratically demonstrating how coffee affects all peoples of the world, not just those in a particular region.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, the inset that she places in the bottom left-hand corner of the map to depict Europe is extremely important to the foundation of the map\u2019s purpose. Europe clearly dominates the map with having almost all of its countries ranked on the \u201cTop 50\u201d list. Therefore, this inset proves to be quite useful to the audience that this map is directed toward. In addition, the other inset on the bottom right-hand corner of the map is showing a close-up shot of the island of Hispa\u00f1ola, consisting of the countries of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. This inset is useful because it is not easily visible at first glance on the entire map; it is necessary to place emphasis on this part of the world, making it known the audience that these countries are ranked as well.<\/p>\n

In total, this map speaks a lot about the amount of coffee consumed all around the world, and that it is such a hot commodity anywhere you go, saying much about global caffeine culture. Asia\u2019s area is whiter because of their high tea intake, coffee\u2019s number one substitute. But other than there, North America, Europe, Brazil, Australia, and Japan take the cake when it comes to dominating the coffee world. In this map, the theme of authorship plays a huge part in its creation. The map\u2019s center focuses are coffee and Japan, two things that the mapmaker is passionate about. This relates back to class themes that tell us that maps are simply products of their masters, meant for a purpose while also reflecting on the characteristics and attitudes of their cartographers. In this case, the author of this map not only chooses to express a personal interest in coffee, but also aims to expand her knowledge. As a blogger, she aims for her work to become viral with the capacity to be retweeted and\/or reposted elsewhere. Clearly, this map has purpose deeper than realized at first analysis.<\/p>\n

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Whether it be Dunkin\u2019 Donuts, Starbucks, or your at home Maxwell House blend, coffee is crucial around the world; this map titled \u201cTop 50 Most Coffee Consuming Countries\u201d is exactly what its name suggests, maintaining uniqueness in its orientation and … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2121,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/livesofmaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/livesofmaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/livesofmaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/livesofmaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2121"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/livesofmaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/livesofmaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1474\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/livesofmaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/livesofmaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/livesofmaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}