Oct 1, 2026 - Food and Drink

Boston runs on iced coffee, data shows

Steph Solis

Animated illustration of an iced coffee and a hot coffee, both with arms and legs, arguing about which one is better than the other. — Illustration: Brendan Lynch/Axios

Boston is already known as an iced coffee city, but new sales data from Square confirms it.

The intrigue: The Boston metro area is the only one in which the iced latte and iced coffee show up in its top five coffee products.

Zoom in: The Boston metro area ranks No. 3 in coffee items sold per seller.

How it works: Square analyzed its sales data across 10 U.S. metro areas: Austin, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, New York City, Portland, San Diego, San Francisco and Seattle.

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