First my bacon and now my coffee!
Starbucks won’t lose much, as they can easily source from Aftica and Indonesia, whose prices might go up a bit due to increased demand. kinda stinks for the Colombians and Brazilians, though.
This is NOT good news.
I’d like a Fungusamungus dark roast with a shot of simple syrup, please.
Starbucks won’t get hurt. Their coffee isn’t particularly high end. Even if it were, Starbucks burns the beans and adds so much flavoring you’d never know. And their customers will pay more if they raise the prices.
There are many small family farms in Latin America that supply really good high end beans. They will be devastated.
One supplier, George Howell, has dropped some of his offerings because of the fungus. His website has a lot of information about the farms that are affected.
Fungus?!?
My town only has 3 major grocery stores now. One of them is typically high priced. This spring, however, they have been selling their store brand Columbian 34-oz for under $7. Just a couple of years ago, they were selling the same for nearly $14.
I have been stocking up by getting a can each time I go to that store, which is once or twice per month.
Walmart has been selling their large store brand can of Columbian for just under $7, but their can is the 27-oz size.