This is how much we spend on coffee every year

It's not pretty

(Image credit: Alys Tomlinson)

It's not pretty

The next time you wonder why you're in your overdraft yet again, or question why you can't manage to save money, you might want to look at your morning coffee order.

Because it turns out we Brits spend an average of £2,160 yearly on coffee (or £2,600 for the self-employed worker). That's the equivalent of a monthly salary right there.

There's a reason behind it though. The study, conducted by MyVoucherCodes, found that more and more of us are working from a coffee shop rather than the office.

56% of Brits polled admitted to working from a coffee shop on a weekly basis, so much so that the term 'coffice' has been coined, and 81% of us spend roughly three and a half hours working from a coffee shop every week.

And if you thought this was just the self-employed, think again, because some employees said this practice was encouraged by their place of work.

The average working session spent in a coffee shop is about 93 minutes, in which we spend roughly £10. So it all adds up.

Interestingly, the study highlighted our drinks of choice, and only 8 per cent of us choose a cup of tea (very un-British we think you'll agree). Cappuccino is the top order of choice (26%), closely followed by the latte (21%).

It's not all doom and gloom though, as the study found that employees were highly productive in coffee shops, closing business deals worth £14.5 billion to the UK economy. Not bad.

Penny Goldstone

Penny Goldstone is the Digital Fashion Editor at Marie Claire, covering everything from catwalk trends to royal fashion and the latest high street and Instagram must-haves.

Penny grew up in France and studied languages and law at the Sorbonne Nouvelle University in Paris before moving to the UK for her MA in multimedia journalism at Bournemouth University. She moved to the UK permanently and has never looked back (though she does go back regularly to stock up on cheese and wine).

Although she's always loved fashion - she used to create scrapbooks of her favourite trends and looks, including Sienna Miller and Kate Moss' boho phase - her first job was at MoneySavingExpert.com, sourcing the best deals for everything from restaurants to designer sales.

However she quit after two years to follow her true passion, fashion journalism, and after many years of internships and freelance stints at magazines including Red, Cosmopolitan, Stylist and Good Housekeeping, landed her dream job as the Digital Fashion Editor at Marie Claire UK.

Her favourite part of the job is discovering new brands and meeting designers, and travelling the world to attend events and fashion shows. Seeing her first Chanel runway IRL at Paris Fashion Week was a true pinch-me moment.