Curating a personalized experience is shaping the future for the coffee market as consumers embrace convenient formats, value-added ingredients.

This year’s State of the Industry report on coffee and RTD coffee drinks highlight how the overall category is shifting gears to drive growth and meet consumers’ changing preferences. 

JDE Peet’s announced its intention to launch a new paper pack for its soluble coffee ranges. This new paper pack solution will be recyclable. It is designed to create a more sustainable ecosystem in the soluble coffee market by incentivizing the reuse of existing glass jars and tin formats, it says. 

This year’s State of the Industry report on coffee and RTD coffee drinks notes that convenience is driving growth in the category, with many consumers still enjoying their coffee at home.

Los Angeles-based Gaviña Coffee Co. announced it has recycled more than 2 million used coffee bags, single-serve coffee pods and espresso capsules through its Coffee Bag and Pod Free Recycling Program with global recycling company TerraCycle.

Growing urbanization, changing lifestyles are some pivotal factors influencing the demand for instant coffee, especially among youngsters, around the world, expert note. 

Coffee trends are entering a new era, an analyst reports. Gen Z is driving this shift toward at-home specialty coffee beverages.

Consumers still are enjoying their coffee at home and many are “trying to have the out-of-home coffee house experience at home.”

This year’s State of the Industry report on coffee highlights how ready-to-drink coffees like cold brew and nitro brew might be small, but are helping drive growth for the segment.

Coffee consumption has soared to a two-decade high as Americans brew up new post-COVID routines, according to exclusive consumer polling released by the National Coffee Association (NCA). The polling found that 66% of Americans now drink coffee each day, more than any other beverage including tap water and up by nearly 14% since January 2021, the largest increase since NCA began tracking data, it says.