Yes, water usage is likely a concern (though not the one the original comment had raised/I responded to). That section of the Wikipedia article is very poorly c

Yes, water usage is likely a concern (though not the one the original comment had raised/I responded to). That section of the Wikipedia article is very poorly cited, linking to a single EBI source [1] which doesn't cite a primary source. I'd be unsurprised if coffee (particular wet-processed coffee) used a fair bit of water, but other agricultural products also use more water than people expect - a 500g loaf of bread would need 250 to 2000L of water, according to this one random source [2]. Daily household water usage in North America is in the ~400 litre [3] range (~150000L/yr per person). [1] https://www.eib.org/en/essays/on-water https://www.eib.org/en/essays/on-water [2] https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2013/jan/10/how-much-water-food-production-waste https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2013/jan/10/how-mu... [3] https://www.hamiltonproject.org/charts/domestic_water_use_per_capita_in_gallons_per_day_by_state_2005 https://www.hamiltonproject.org/charts/domestic_water_use_pe...