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Filter Coffee

Filter Coffee shows low returns (0.1%), but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

61
Worth a look
Market size 66Growth 16Conversion 83Competition 84Returns 100Price range 71Avg price 73Brand share 40Review moat 46Quality gap 47
This niche Category average

Is Filter Coffee profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Filter Coffee is a £650K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (487K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 81% of demand. Demand peaks in Dec. Verdict: Worth a look — 61/100.

Filter Coffee: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved -18.9% over the last 90 days and 9.0% of searches end in a purchase.

£650K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr40K
Search volume / yr-18.9%487K
Conversion rate9.0%
Avg price£14.78

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 81% of demand, so 19% of the market is open.

19%

open market share

Brands · sellers20 · 168
Top-5 product click share31%
Open market19%
Avg brand age63 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 60 products

Sponsored placement62%
New entrants (1y)5· 2 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews1,917

Top Filter Coffee products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

Clicks spread well past the top 5 (31% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£13K£26K£39K£52K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

20 falling

Sellers

168

Top-5 brand share

81%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

31%

Top 20: 73%

Open market

16%

  • by Amazon39%
  • illy15%
  • Taylors of Harrogate14%
  • Grumpy Mule7%
  • Lavazza6%
  • Café Direct3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (14 brands, 16%)

Filter Coffee demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume487KCVR9.0%Products60Brands20Top 5 Brands81%OOS Rate0.4%Rating4.5★Reviews1,917Avg BSR#122
18K13KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.0×

Top Filter Coffee search terms shoppers use

The exact queries shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth and conversion.

  • filter coffee127K/yr
  • ground coffee for cafetiere81K/yr
  • amazon coffee40K/yr
  • coffee grounds38K/yr
  • starbucks ground coffee27K/yr
  • taylors ground coffee21K/yr
  • cafetiere coffee23K/yr
  • coffee for cafetiere19K/yr
  • taylors coffee20K/yr
  • ground coffee 1kg18K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Filter Coffee

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

90% of reviews
Taste-Overall33%

Fresh taste

Value For Money17%

Excellent value for money

Caffeine Content14%

good amount of caffeine

Flavor9%

The flavour is balanced

Quality-Overall8%

its affordable for the quality

What buyers complain about

73% of reviews
Taste-Overall27%

Tastes cheap

Bitter8%

Too bitter

Flavor7%

Very weak flavour

Value For Money7%

Waste of money

Strength6%

No strength

Filter Coffee return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.1%

Return rate

0%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Blend/Ratio
100%

Common Filter Coffee questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Filter Coffee 61/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £650K/yr across 60 tracked products. 2 of 5 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -18.9% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Filter Coffee on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Dec, where the busiest month runs 2.0× the quietest.