Wifey B: Is coffee dying? Ok, I know that's heresy to many of you.
Among our family and friends. David, Beth, James and Anna on the patio every morning having early coffee and continue to drink all day. Ages 65, 63, 62, 59. Also family, Frank and Betty must start their day with coffee. Ages 66, 64. They could all talk percolator and beans and serious brew and stuff with all of you.
However, take the other 25 or 30 of us from ages 49 to 19 and there's not a single serious coffee drinker.
So maybe we're just strange? Well, we are, but perhaps not on this. Survey says:
Those 55+, 56% drink coffee every day and 15% most days but can live without it.
Those 35-44, 43% every day and 18% most days.
Those 18-34, 27% every day and 18% most days. 25% never and 14% rarely.
Those under 18, 17% every day, 9% most, 36% never, 20% rarely.
So did those of you who drink it do so always or increase coffee drinking as you aged?
Also, among those of us under 50 and mostly under 34, when our friends and family in these ages drink it's never plain coffee. It's fancies. Our most popular kpods are Starbucks Sumatra, Green Mountain Caramel Vanilla Cream, Cinnabon Cinnamon Roll, Green Mountain Hazlenut, Barista Prima Italian Roast, Green Mountain Island Coconut, Green Mountain Southern Pecan, Cafe Escapes Chai Latte, Original Donut Shop Coconut Mocha, Green Mountain Wild Mountain Blueberry. You get the idea and others like it plus Twinings Morning Tea and Swiss Miss Hot Cocoa and Celestial Seasonings Antioxidant Green Tea and Sleepytime Herbal Tea. Plus other brands of pods for K's.
So changing trends in people or will they change with age?
I'll toss one other variable as hubby and I never drank coffee, but we live in South Florida now and most of our friends are far more inclined to start the day off with a cold drink than a hot one. Just the old former NC'ers drinking coffee.
So, curious as to the observations of others.