Leading Coffee Brands Across the United States

Leading Coffee Brands Across the United States

Drive Research did some research that suggests that 74% of Americans drink coffee daily. Food Beverage Insider estimates this to be about about 517 million cups a day. That is a lot of coffee! It is no wonder that there are more than 38,000 branded coffee shops in the U.S., and possibly as many as 12,000 more independent shops.

The American coffee scene has changed dramatically since the mid-20th century. It used to be that a cup of joe was a cup of joe. People drank it with their breakfast or after lunch or dinner (or with those meals). It came in two flavors, regular and decaf, and the only things you added to it were milk or cream and sugar or artificial sweetener (unless you were the type who preferred your java with a shot of rum or brandy).

If you made your own, you bought pre-ground beans in a can or bag at the market and brewed it in a percolator or by the drip method (which became automated with the introduction of the Mr. Coffee machines in 1972). Wherever you drank it, the coffee was almost certainly made from a blend of high-quality Arabica and lesser Robusta beans.

Moms Who Think compiled a list of the top branded coffee shops, using sources including the data site Statista, the German-based coffee information site Coffeeness, and the online recruitment site Zippia, as well as the websites of the companies listed.

Note that most of these companies sell food products as well as non-coffee beverages. Annual revenue figures reflect the entire business of these corporations, not just their coffee sales.

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