Coffee trends are entering a new era, an analyst reports. Gen Z is driving this shift toward at-home specialty coffee beverages.

illycaffè announced the launch of Arabica Selection Costa Rica, the sixth single origin coffee in the illy Arabica Selection product lineup. 

Community Coffee Co. launched a new single-serve coffee line: Community 2X Caffeine Coffee, which offers a natural extra boost of caffeine from coffee extracts, the company says.

Rounding out the Top 3 was that HOT Canned Coffee, New York, announced that its grab-and-go HOTSHOT hot coffees and hot chocolate now are available on Amazon.com.

Folgers, a brand of Orrville, Ohio-based J.M. Smucker Co., announced the release of Folgers Simply Gourmet flavored coffees.

Demand for cups and lids in the United States are projected to expand 3.9 percent a year to $10.6 billion in 2020, according to a new study from The Freedonia Group, Cleveland. Gains will be supported by food trends that favor convenience and smaller portions, the market research firm details in its “Cups & Lids” report. 

Starbucks Coffee Co., Seattle, reported its financial results for the third quarter of its fiscal-year 2014.

Ferris Coffee & Nut Co., a coffee roaster and nut distributor based in Grand Rapids, Mich., acquired JP’s Coffee, a coffeehouse located in downtown Holland, Mich.

The premium market for coffee continues to gain ground, according to an August 2012 report from Santa Monica, Calif.-based IBISWorld. “Consumers educated themselves more about coffee beans and traded up in quality over the five years to 2012,” the report stated.