Fewer people drank coffee in the United States during the pandemic compared to the previous level, although drinks remain the most popular in this country, according to the results of the national survey released on Thursday. The study assigned by the National Coffee Association (NCA) found that 58% of people in the US had at least one coffee day before responding to the survey in January, versus 62% per the previous year.
However, the result does not always show a reduction in the volume of coffee consumed in the US, the world’s largest market for products, because many people work from drinking houses more coffee than usually in the office. The main coffee retailers in the US posted an increase in the overall volume sold during a pandemic.
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It is not clear whether it increases to offset the decline in consumption outside the house. The fact of coffee shops are still operating with limitations is probably one reason to fall drinking coffee. The survey says people drink coffee as much as in the morning as usual but drink in the afternoon – a habit that is often associated with the visit of a coffee shop – falling four percentage points.
“Coffee continues to be an undisputed American favorite drink, even with the entire country in various stages of locking and footsteps in the coffee shop to massive this year,” said the President of NCA and CEO Bill Murray. He expects consumption to increase in the coming months because the country recovers from Coronavirus.
According to the survey, people continue to be divided when they feel comfortable going out to drink coffee, with 33% say they feel comfortable now and 31% say they will not feel comfortable until the pandemic ends.
