How Coffee Consumption Changed For Americans During The Pandemic

Nothing helps us make it through the day like a cup of coffee. According to Brew Smartly, 64 percent of us drink the black stuff on a daily basis and Americans end up drinking a total of 400 million cups of it every day. While it looks like we won't slow down our coffee consumption anytime soon, info shows that our habits around the beverage have started to change. According to WHBL, coffee's popularity fell noticeably during the pandemic, as only 58 percent of people surveyed consumed a coffee at least a day, prior to taking the most recent questionnaire. 

While less people seem to drink coffee, the overall consumed volume has increased over the past year. People continue to have their morning coffee, while afternoon trips to the cafe decreased by 4 percent. Experts speculate that business limitations that cafes have to follow account for the decline in numbers. Nevertheless, this peppy beverage remains America's number one drink for another year in a row, despite everything the pandemic could throw at it. While the number of coffee drinkers have fallen, home brewing has more than helped to make up the difference.