However, coffee consumption has increased 5% since 2015. Coffee preferencesĪbout 62% of Americans, as represented by the survey group, drink coffee daily, which is a 1% drop from last year. This year, the NCA also compared current trends to those it saw in 2015. All of the approximately 2,850 adults who participated in the survey regularly drink beverages besides tap water, which allowed the research to focus on variations in beverage trends. While the pandemic’s full impact on OCS is unknown, operators can examine the NCA’s findings on trends from earlier in 2019, revealed in The National Coffee Data Trends 2020 report.Īutomatic Merchandiser provides an overview of the survey results the NCA publicly published, which included information about the coffee types different age groups prefer, the consumption of coffee products and the most popular points of sale. The National Coffee Association (NCA) released its annual survey of Americans’ coffee consumption in January, before COVID-19’s disruption of the market. Cold brew, single-serve coffee and and cannabidiol-infused products like sparkling water are among the trends that office coffee service (OCS) industry professionals pointed out prior to the U.S.