By Tim Thompson on Saturday, July 16th, 2022 | No Comments
Americans drink a lot of coffee. Per capital consumption isnot the highest in the world, however. The US lags behind Finland, Norway,Iceland, Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg, andCanada. Part of that is because they simply drink more coffee in NorthernEurope nations. And part is because not all age groups in the USA are keepingup with the oldest which drinks the most coffee. American coffee consumption byage group varies from 48% to 64% with the oldest Americans drinking the mostcoffee.
Random American Coffee-drinking Facts
The average worker in the USA spends just over $20 a week oncoffee. While more than 80% of coffee drinkers drink coffee at home,millennials are more likely to drink coffee at the coffee shop or at work.Workers in the 18 to 34 age group spend $24.74 a week for their coffee while the45 and older group pays $14.15 a week. This makes sense in that older coffeedrinkers are brewing their coffee at home and the younger set is paying Starbucksfor their Java. An interesting tidbit is that nearly half of Millennials spendmore on coffee than they put aside for retirement. When K-cups became popularthey helped reduce overall US coffee consumption because people were not makingfull pots of coffee and not drinking all of their coffee to the same degree asbefore.
Coffee Consumption by Age Group
The lower percentage of coffee consumption is in the 18 to24 age group at 48%. The next lowest is 53% in those aged forty to 59 years. Wego back to the 25 to 39 age group for an increase to 60% coffee drinkers. Thehighest coffee consumption by percentage of drinkers is in the oldest group, 60years and older. This group is the most likely to drink more coffee at home thenwhen out and about and the youngest group is the least likely to have anycoffee stocked at home!
Who Goes to the Coffee Shop the Most?
As you might have guessed, the youngest coffee drinkers who do not stock coffee at home are the ones who frequent coffee shops the most. The average age of people in the US who frequent coffee shops lies in the 20 to 30-year old range. This, by the way, is just over half of the US population.
Coffee Type Preference by Age Group
The older you are the more likely it is that you brew your coffee to a tune of 65% of older folks. Just 35% of the “senior” group prefers alternative coffee drinks like lattes, iced coffee, or cappuccino. On the other end of the spectrum the 18 to 24-year-old group opt for alternative coffees 55% of the time. The 35 to 44 crowd likes brewed coffee 60% of the time. What is interesting as that millennials report increased consumption of brewed coffee as they get older. This implies that they learn their coffee drinking in a social, coffee house, setting and then learn how to brew their coffee at home which they may not have known how to do before they got to like their coffee.
American Coffee Consumption by Age Group – SlideShare Version
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