From whole bean to instant decaffei...

From whole bean to instant decaffeinated coffee and tea bags or unfasten tea, both the coffee and tea categories are showing decreases in overall dollar and unit sales. With scarcely any exceptions in each category, the picture in all of the parts -- whole bean, ground, loam decaffeinated, instant, instant decaffeinated and bag/loose tea -- is of downward motion according to Chicago's Information Resources Inc., which tracks supermarket, unsalable article store and mass merchandise egresss

But despite the slipping figures, reports and information from various sources, including the National Coffee Association, indicate consumption is rising in book and number of drinkers as