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The noun coffee is an uncountable noun as a word for a substance; units of coffee are expressed as a pot of coffee, a cup of coffee, a sack of coffee, a ton of coffee, etc. But like many nouns for substances, the plural form is used for 'types of' or 'kinds of'; for example:
This cafe has an interesting selection of coffees.
The noun coffee is an uncountable (mass) noun, a word for a substance. Multiples of substance nouns are expressed as measures such as cups of coffee, pots of coffee, bags of coffee, etc.
The plural form for substance nouns is reserved for 'types of' or 'kinds of'; for example:
The average coffee shop today has a list of many kinds of coffees.
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