In 2020, people aged 70 and over drank about 2.18 cups of coffee per capita in the United States, making it the age group that drank the most coffee on average that year. U.S. coffee consumption for respondents between the ages of 25 and 29 stood at roughly 2.15 cups a day.
Share of consumers by age
Not only did the older age groups drink more coffee than their younger counterparts in 2019, but they were also more likely to be coffee drinkers in general. That year, just under half of 18 to 24-year-olds drank coffee, while almost 70 percent of people aged 60 and older were coffee drinkers. In the United States as a whole, coffee drinkers drank an average of 1.87 cups per day in 2020.
Coffee preparation methods
In 2020, the drip coffee maker was the most popular method for brewing coffee in the United States. Some 41 percent of Americans used a drip coffee maker for their past-day consumption. Other common preparation methods included single cup brewing, using an espresso machine, and cold brewing.
Total coffee per capita consumption in the United States in 2020 by age group
(in cups per day)
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