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FWIW this defines coffee consumption as percentage of people who report having consumed coffee within the last day. I would have assumed by the headline it was talking about total or even per capita consumption.

This was it interesting though:

> NCA’s Spring 2024 National Coffee Data Trends (NCDT) report reveals that 67% of American adults had coffee in the past day (more than any other beverage, including tap or bottled water)

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Given that this is an article by a coffee trade organization, I'd expect it to be biased towards coffee. It may be that Americans drink more water but by splitting it into two categories for tap and bottled, they are able to claim a plurality here.

I wonder if any of the increase among older folks is driven by there being fewer and fewer places to socialize, pushing people to go to coffeehouses.

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