Coffee consumption in the United States amounted to over **** million 60-kilogram bags in the 2022/2023 fiscal year. This is a slight decrease from the total U.S. coffee consumption in the previous fiscal year. Coffee production The coffee plant has its origins in Ethiopia and is now grown all over the world. Most of the world’s coffee is cultivated in South America, followed by Asia and Oceania. In 2021, over ** million 60-kilogram bags of coffee were produced in South America. The majority of South America’s coffee production is attributed to Brazil. In the 2020/2021 fiscal year, global coffee production reached *** million 60-kilogram bags. Coffee brewing in the United States Americans love their coffee and have dozens of different methods and gadgets for brewing and preparing coffee. A 2020 survey of U.S. consumers found that the most commonly used coffee preparation methods were drip coffee makers and single cup brewers. However, drip coffee makers have become less popular over time. In 2010, ** percent of coffee drinkers used drip coffee makers, while in 2020 this share had dropped to ** percent.

In 2023, the leading coffee shop/cafe chain in the United States was Starbucks. The Seattle-based coffee chain topped the ranking with sales amounting to approximately 31.6 billion U.S. dollars. Meanwhile, Dunkin' ranked second with 11.9 billion U.S. dollars in sales.

Out of almost one thousand respondents, ** percent of participants between 18 and 29 years old drank coffee in 2022. There was a slight increase in comparison with the older age groups: ** percent of respondents between 30 and 44 years old also drank coffee, as well as a share of ** percent between 45 and 64 years, increasing once again to ** percent for respondents aged 65 years and older.

In 2020, Americans drank an average of **** cups of coffee per day. Between 2011 and 2020, U.S. coffee consumption per capita per day remained relatively close to *** cups, with the exception of 2016, when U.S. survey respondents drank roughly **** cups of coffee per day. Coffee drinkers in the United States In the United States, people aged seventy and older drank the most coffee per day in 2020. This particular age group drank an average of almost *** cups per capita per day that year. Americans aged eighteen and nineteen drank the least per capita, namely about *** cups a day. In terms of gender, men drank more than women per capita in the United States in the same year. Time for coffee In 2020, Americans drank about *** cups of coffee during breakfast each day, making it the most common time of day for people to drink coffee in the United States that year. The least common time for Americans to drink coffee was during other meals.

In 2025, ** percent of survey respondents in the United States stated that they drank coffee within the last day. About ** percent of U.S. respondents had drunk espresso-based beverages instead. Coffee brands in the U.S. In 2020, Folgers produced over ************* U.S. dollars’ worth of sales in the United States, making it the leading brand of regular ground coffee by a significant margin. Total sales numbers generated by private coffee labels amounted to some *** million U.S. dollars. Folgers Coffee was first introduced in 1850, and by 2020, had the largest ground coffee market share in the United States. The coffee giant was followed by other well-known brands, such as Maxwell House, Starbucks, and Dunkin’ Donuts. Arabica vs. Robusta In the commercial coffee industry, there are two main types of coffee species: Arabica and Robusta. Coffee beans of the Arabica variety are slightly larger, produce a smooth and aromatic taste, and are the most commonly produced coffee bean variety: in 2023/24, just over ** million bags (60 kilograms each) of Arabica coffee were produced worldwide. Robusta beans are generally smaller and rounder, cheaper to cultivate, and taste quite bitter. Just over ** million bags of this coffee type were produced during the same marketing year.

The statistic highlights the results of an online survey conducted by the National Coffee Association (NCA) as of January 2024. U.S. survey respondents were interviewed if they had consumed traditional specialty coffee the day before. The survey results revealed that 17 percent of African-American respondents drank a specialty coffee beverage the day before.

In 2020, the Northeast was the leading region in terms of coffee consumption in the United States, drinking roughly **** cups of coffee per capita per day. The South drank the least amount of coffee that year, namely about *** cups a day. Coffee consumption by location In 2030, coffee consumers in the United States drank roughly 1.28 cups of coffee at home per day. Americans drank much less coffee outside of the house: the U.S. average amounted to around a fifth of a cup per day at work and at eating places that year. Coffee import The United States imported roughly 1.14 billion U.S. dollars' worth of Colombian coffee in 2019, making Columbia the largest coffee trading partner of the United States. Brazil, another South American country known for its coffee beans and for being the world’s largest coffee producing country in 2019, stood in second place, exporting * billion U.S. dollars’ worth of coffee to the United States that year.

In 2022, out of almost one thousand respondents, 24 percent of the participants stated to never drink coffee while 22 of the respondents drank coffee once per day. On the other hand, only a share of three percent drank coffee five times a day.

In 2024, the majority of American consumers drink coffee every day. About 73 percent of consumers report drinking coffee daily, while only 3.8 percent report drinking coffee just once a week. Additionally, 16.1 percent of consumers drink coffee a few times a week. The coffee market in the U.S. Domestic coffee consumption in the United States amounts to over 26.3 million 60-kilogram bags. There has been a steady increase in coffee consumption over the last decade. Many Americans buy their coffee at a coffee shop and café chain store. The vast majority of coffee shops and café chains in the U.S. are owned by either Starbucks or Dunkin'. There are 16,466 Starbucks stores in the U.S., compared to 9,580 Dunkin' stores. The next largest café chain, Dutch Bros Coffee, operates fewer than 1,000 locations. In terms of sales of coffee through supermarkets, drug stores, gas stations, and convenience stores, the leading single-cup coffee brand in the U.S. is Keurig Green Mountain, with a market share of about 23.3 percent. JM Smucker’s Dunkin' brand has a market share of approximately 18.6 percent. Coffee consumption by generation in the U.S. There are notable differences in coffee preferences among various generations. While Starbucks is the favorite coffee brand among Gen X, millennials, and Gen Z consumers, Baby boomers tend to prefer Dunkin'. Moreover, approximately 77 percent of baby boomers and 69 percent of Gen X report making coffee at home every day, compared to only 57 percent of millennials and 40 percent of Gen Z. The preferred brewing method also varies by generation. Gen X and millennials favor using Keurig machines and coffee pods, while baby boomers prefer coffee pot machines, and Gen Z gravitates toward ground coffee.

Between September 21st to September 25th, 2022, out of almost one thousand respondents, ** percent of the male and ** percent of the female participants stated to drink coffee once a day. Around ** percent of both genders stated that they never drank coffee.

In 2020, people aged 70 and over drank about **** cups of coffee per capita in the United States, making it the age group that drank the most coffee on average that year. U.S. coffee consumption for respondents between the ages of 25 and 29 stood at roughly **** cups a day. Share of consumers by age Not only did the older age groups drink more coffee than their younger counterparts in 2019, but they were also more likely to be coffee drinkers in general. That year, just under half of 18 to 24-year-olds drank coffee, while almost ** percent of people aged 60 and older were coffee drinkers. In the United States as a whole, coffee drinkers drank an average of **** cups per day in 2020. Coffee preparation methods In 2020, the drip coffee maker was the most popular method for brewing coffee in the United States. Some ** percent of Americans used a drip coffee maker for their past-day consumption. Other common preparation methods included single cup brewing, using an espresso machine, and cold brewing.

The timeline shows the per capita consumption of coffee (green beans) in the United States from 2000 to 2015. The U.S. per capita consumption of coffee (green beans) amounted to about 10.2 pounds in 2015.

Coffee is one of the most widely consumed beverages in the world. In 2023/24, approximately *** million 60 kilogram bags of coffee were consumed worldwide, a slight increase from about *** million bags in the previous year. Coffee Brewing Innovations The coffee industry is regularly coming up with innovative new methods for brewing coffee and serving it. Single cup brewers are a relatively new innovation which offer a quick and mess-free coffee brewing method for when one only wants a single cup of coffee without the hassle of brewing an entire pot. Cold Brew Coffee Cold brew coffee is made by leaving coffee to brew in cold or room temperature water for 12 to 24 hours and results in a mellower, less acidic tasting coffee. It has become a popular menu item at coffee shops and cafes, but it also easy to make at home. The market for cold brew coffee was valued at *** million U.S. dollars in 2017, and is expected to reach a staggering **** billion U.S. dollars in market value by 2023.

In 2022, out of almost one thousand respondents, 24 percent of participants between 18 and 29 years drank coffee once a day. In contrast, 29 percent of participants of the same age group didn't drink coffee at all. This was also the case for the older age groups: a share of 23 percent of respondents between 30 and 44 years also preferred not to drink coffee, as well as a share of 24 percent for respondents aged between 45 and 64 years.

This statistic shows the share of consumers drinking specialty coffee in the United States in 2001 and 2017, by frequency of consumption. In 2017, ** percent of consumers claimed to drink specialty coffee daily.

According to a 2019 survey of American coffee drinkers, 29 percent of the respondents consumed two cups of coffee per day at home during the week on average. The survey also found that 9 percent of coffee drinkers in the United States drank six or more cups of coffee.

Top Coffee Brands in the United States

There are dozens of ground coffee brands on the U.S. market but the most popular brand among Americans is Folgers, which generated sales of over a billion U.S. dollars in 2018. Private label regular ground coffee was the fourth leading brand in that category, with sales of 437.5 million U.S. dollars. A relatively new innovation in the coffee industry is the single-cup coffee brewing system. The leading vendor of single-cup coffee in the United States is Keurig Green Mountain.

U.S. Coffee Consumption

On average, Americans drink about two cups of coffee per day. This figure has remained somewhat stable over the last several years, dipping to 1.64 cups per day in 2016 before making a recovery in the next year. Perhaps due to coffee tolerance or physiological changes, the amount of coffee consumed by Americans tends to increase with age. The average 18 to 19 year old American drinks about one cup of coffee a day, while Americans aged 70 years and older drink three times that amount on average.

The statistic highlights the results of an online survey conducted by the National Coffee Association (NCA) as of January 2024. U.S. survey respondents were interviewed if they had consumed espresso-based beverages the day before. The survey results revealed that 39 percent of African-American respondents drank espresso-based beverages the day before.

In 2020, people drank an average of *** cups of instant coffee per capita per day in the United States. This is a decrease compared to previous years: in 2017, for example, instant coffee consumption was at its peak, reaching about ******* of a cup a day per person.

U.S. coffee drinking habits

When it comes to total coffee consumption, Americans drank an average of almost * cups per capita per day in 2020. This amount had stayed relatively stable over the past decade, with the exception of 2016, when people in the United States consumed about **** cups per day. The same survey found that people drank the most coffee during breakfast time in 2020, about *** cups.

U.S. decaf consumption

About *********** of a cup of decaffeinated coffee (or decaf) was consumed per capita in the United States in 2020. Between 2011 and 2020, decaf consumption was at its highest in 2017 with approximately *** cups, and at its lowest in 2016 with roughly *** cups per day per person.

The statistic highlights the results of an online survey conducted by the National Coffee Association (NCA) as of January 2020. U.S. survey respondents were interviewed if they have consumed coffee the day before. The survey results revealed that ** percent of African-American respondents drank coffee the day before.

The statistic highlights the results of an online survey conducted by the National Coffee Association (NCA) as of January 2025. U.S. survey respondents were interviewed if they had consumed specialty coffee the day before. The survey results revealed that ***percent of African-American respondents drank a specialty coffee beverage the day before.