Top Five Trends in Hot Drinks

Climate-stressed coffee harvests and higher energy and logistics costs pushed hot drinks prices up in 2025, but consumers largely protected their daily coffee and tea rituals and selectively traded up into premium and functional options. Over the next years, structurally higher coffee prices, consumers prioritising functionality, café-style moments at home, social media-shaped Gen Z habits and the rise of Chinese-style coffee and tea chains will shape much of hot drinks’ growth and innovation.
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This global briefing offers an insight into to the size and shape of the Hot Drinks market, highlights buzz topics, emerging geographies, categories and trends as well as pressing industry issues and white spaces. It identifies the leading companies and brands, offers strategic analysis of key factors influencing the market - be they new product developments, packaging innovations, economic/lifestyle influences, distribution or pricing issues. Forecasts illustrate how the market is set to change and criteria for success. The analysis can focus on both retail and foodservice.

Product coverage: Coffee, Other Hot Drinks, Tea.

Data coverage: market sizes (historic and forecasts), company shares, brand shares and distribution data.

Why buy this report?

• Get a detailed picture of the Hot Drinks market;
• Pinpoint growth sectors and identify factors driving change;
• Understand the competitive environment, the market’s major players and leading brands;
• Use five-year forecasts to assess how the market is predicted to develop.