# The future of coffee in DACH with Gerd Mueller-Pfeiffer – Recorded live at COHO Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/5thwave-the-business-of-coffee-and-hospitality-2776042/the-future-of-coffee-in-dach-with-gerd-mueller-pfeiffer-recorded-live-at-coho Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/5thwave-the-business-of-coffee-and-hospitality-2776042/the-future-of-coffee-in-dach-with-gerd-mueller-pfeiffer-recorded-live-at-coho.md Podcast: [5THWAVE - The Business of Coffee and Hospitality](https://stenobird.com/podcast/5thwave-the-business-of-coffee-and-hospitality-2776042) Published: 2026-01-09T06:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://share.transistor.fm/s/803176a8 Audio file: https://media.transistor.fm/803176a8/9b03324f.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/5thwave-the-business-of-coffee-and-hospitality-2776042/episodes/the-future-of-coffee-in-dach-with-gerd-mueller-pfeiffer-recorded-live-at-coho Duration seconds: 1356 ## Resource Today we’re bringing you another session recorded live at the European Coffee Symposium + COHO . Taking to the stage is Gerd Müller-Pfeiffer, Founder of International Coffee Consulting. In this session, Gerd explores the key trends shaping the DACH coffee shop market and how consumers are continuing to trade up and seek premium experiences despite ongoing inflation pressures. He also highlights how the bakery segment has quietly become a critical engine of out-of-home coffee growth across Germany. Sign up for our newsletter to receive the latest coffee news at worldcoffeeportal.com Subscribe to 5THWAVE on Instagram @5thWaveCoffee and tell us what topics you'd like to hear ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/5thwave-the-business-of-coffee-and-hospitality-2776042/episodes/the-future-of-coffee-in-dach-with-gerd-mueller-pfeiffer-recorded-live-at-coho/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/5thwave-the-business-of-coffee-and-hospitality-2776042/the-future-of-coffee-in-dach-with-gerd-mueller-pfeiffer-recorded-live-at-coho.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.