Coffee & Tea Market Research Reports & Industry Analysis
The tea retail market is divided into five major product segments: regular, instant/mix, RTD, specialty, and herbal. Similarly to coffee, each tea segment is further divided into subsegments—caffeinated/decaffeinated and non-flavored/flavored, Once again various segment-specific product niches also exist. Natural and organic teas, health teas, alternative tea/juice blends, powdered mixes based on chai varieties, and liquid tea concentrates all have a solid market presence.
Coffee and tea share many fundamental similarities. Both naturally contain significant amounts of caffeine, and both tend to taste bitter rather than sweet (in their natural, non-flavor enhanced states). Together they form the core of the hot beverage market.
The above similarities duly noted several striking differences exist between coffee and tea. In terms of the actual natural plants, three basic dissimilarities are apparent. Coffee is much stronger than tea in caffeine content, with tea containing one-half to one-third the caffeine of coffee. It is important to note the stimulative and diuretic ramifications of both beverages, which is part of their fundamental allures.
Coffee plants are much more sensitive than tea plants. Coffee plants are difficult to grow and harvest, require an abundance of nutrient resources as well as intensive maintenance and labor. They also require extremely specific ecological conditions (geography, climate, environment) in order to thrive. Tea plants, on the other hand, are easier to grow, produce frequent yields that are easier to harvest, and are more ecologically flexible. These differences have ramifications in contrasting price structure and price consistency.
The final difference between coffee and tea relates to health properties. While coffee has some proven health benefits, tea bestows far more benefits, primarily because of its antioxidant attributes.
Coffee & Tea Industry Research & Market Reports
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RTD Tea in South Africa
... hydrating effects. This supports the growth of rooibos tea, especially as it has witnessed the lower effects of inflation when compared to its black tea counterparts. Therefore, affordability remains a key determining factor in choice ... Read More
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Tea in the United Arab Emirates
... label. In the face of moderate inflation and overall fragmentation within tea in the United Arab Emirates, private label has a strong opportunity to gain local consumers’ attention. Private label is mostly present within black ... Read More
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Other Hot Drinks in the United Arab Emirates
... low with no brands emerging to drive up their share. However, several new products have arrived on retailers’ shelves which are likely to make more of a dent in the category. Euromonitor International's Other Hot ... Read More
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Hot Drinks in the United Arab Emirates
... juice. This makes them vulnerable in the face of inflation, economic instability or population shift. This is the reason why the overall hot drinks industry in the United Arab Emirates is recording generally slower retail ... Read More
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Coffee in the United Arab Emirates
... in multiple blends and flavours are offered by manufacturers to satisfy the needs of affluent coffee lovers who seek indulgence and innovation. Due to cost increases of raw materials and moderate inflation in the local ... Read More
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RTD Coffee in the United Kingdom
... and a surge in demand. This is due to several factors, including working from home, affordability, generational preferences, as well as the increasing cost of living. Although prices have increased across the UK, total sales ... Read More
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RTD Tea in the United Kingdom
... in 2023. Due to a longer and warmer summer in 2022, RTD tea experienced an increase in sales, also benefiting from greater product variety and availability, with these factors also contributing to growth in 2023, ... Read More
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Tea in Australia
... declining demand in 2021 and 2022 in both loose and bag formats. Lacking novelty, and failing to offer either the stimulating effects of coffee, or the relaxing qualities of fruit/herbal tea, the outlook for black ... Read More
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Coffee in Australia
... leading to only a slow return to offices. Consequently, the shift in coffee consumption from cafés to home settings, observed during the pandemic, has remained to some extent, with consumers continuing to utilise the coffee ... Read More
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Other Hot Drinks in Australia
... in at-home consumption occasions has provided ample opportunities for indulging in various hot drinks, often those considered a treat. The stressors of the pandemic and the ensuing cost-of-living crisis have heightened the demand for affordable ... Read More
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Hot Drinks in El Salvador
... the popularity of specialist coffee shops. This mature category is driven by affordability and instant coffee mixes and the widening availability of premium brands via growth in modern grocery retailing. Tea is hampered by a ... Read More
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Hot Drinks in Dominican Republic
... not only drunk for breakfast, but also at various times of the day, such as after lunch, in the office, and with an afternoon snack, among other consumption occasions. Hot drinks has also benefited from ... Read More
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Coffee in Dominican Republic
... of consuming coffee in their homes, especially fresh coffee. Dominicans enjoy the flavour and aroma of freshly made coffee, for which they typically strain the fresh ground coffee in an Italian coffee maker (greka), with ... Read More
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Tea in Dominican Republic
... while tea and tea infusions are generally seen as health-related drinks, which are usually only consumed when people have some discomfort or illness, such as cold and stomach pain. Furthermore, even in this area tea ... Read More
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Other Hot Drinks in Dominican Republic
... through the retail channel, which has been largely due to the significant reduction in the production of cocoa powder and chocolate. Although the production of Dominican cocoa has increased this input has been set aside ... Read More
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Coffee in France
... recovery of tourism, on-trade sales were not so dynamic due to the impact of the heatwave during the whole of summer 2022. In 2023, there was a converse situation with bad weather in the summer ... Read More
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Other Hot Drinks in France
... there are fewer at-home consumption occasions for other hot drinks since the revival of normal social and economic activity in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, with more people having a fast breakfast (without other ... Read More
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Tea in France
... the global impact of rampant inflation. Total volume sales contracted significantly during the year. This represented a contrast with previous years. Tea enjoyed a good performance during the lockdowns of 2020-2021, which saw demand driven ... Read More
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Global Hot Drink Market 2024-2028
... market provides a holistic analysis, market size and forecast, trends, growth drivers, and challenges, as well as vendor analysis covering around 25 vendors. The report offers an up-to-date analysis regarding the current market scenario, the ... Read More
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RTD Tea in Dominican Republic
... of RTD tea experienced a dramatic decline in these two years due to the withdrawal of the leading Lipton brand at the end of 2021. The growth seen in 2023 has been due to imported ... Read More
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Other Hot Drinks in the United Kingdom
... products which are healthy. There is an overall sense that shoppers have slowly lost interest in hot chocolate, as the high sugar content does not align with consumers’ holistic and healthy lifestyles. Despite British consumers’ ... Read More
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Hot Drinks in the United Kingdom
... in prices. Retail volumes are expected to fall in all major hot drinks categories in 2023, even in those which had been consistently expanding, such as fresh ground coffee pods. This is attributable nearly entirely ... Read More
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Tea in the United Kingdom
... are not as concerned about improving their immunity as they were during the pandemic in 2020 and 2021, they are increasingly aware of the potential health issues caused by caffeinated drinks in relation to anxiety/stress, ... Read More
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Coffee in the United Kingdom
... a coffee machine and other relevant equipment during the pandemic years, British consumers have continued making coffee at home. Fresh coffee formats have benefited from this, with fresh coffee beans being the only coffee category ... Read More
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Coffee in South Africa
... making coffee at home. They are turning to channels offering bulk buying or loyalty programmes with like-for-like specials. These changes are a reflection of instant coffee witnessing high inflation in 2023. Therefore, an increasing number ... Read More
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