Posted on 10/20/2025 9:37:14 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Coffee prices have risen 20% since last year because of inflation and amid tariff disruptions to traditional supply lines, exemplifying a broader rise in grocery prices across the board.
Coffee prices have risen more than 20% since August last year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Last month, prices for coffee futures reached a record high in the Intercontinental Exchange in New York after Brazil’s crop agency, Conab, cut its 2025 arabica production forecast by 4.9% to 35.2 million bags.
In July, President Donald Trump imposed tariffs of 50% on Brazil and 20% on Vietnam, the two countries that together produce more than half of the world’s coffee beans, adding supply disruptions to the droughts coffee producers were already facing.
The spike comes as grocery prices rise broadly, with grocery prices increasing 0.6% from July to August and 2.7% from the same point last year, according to the Consumer Price Index, the most commonly cited inflation report.
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Prices for food in general have risen slower over the past year than the overall 2.9% rate of inflation, with prices of products like frozen vegetables, ice cream and cereal actually dropping. But, like coffee, there are still many grocery staples with price rises significantly outpacing the overall inflation rate. Beef prices are up nearly 14% over the past year, while eggs have risen more than 10%, bacon has increased 5% and bananas are up 6%.
The ongoing government shutdown has caused delays in the release for the September CPI report, but the BLS said September’s report would be released on Oct. 24, 2025.
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Born and still living in Upstate New York.....Watched my parents stock up before winter. I’m 80...still do it faithfully.
Don’t care. Not a major expense.
Buying what I please anyway.
One of the local TV stations in Knoxville has a news segment something like “Five Things You Need To Know”. 🙄 Not sure why, but it really turns me off. They don’t get to decide what I need to know.
We get Kirkland brands pods “Pacific Bold”. It’s about $.40/pod regular, but less when we get out on sale.
We drink Keurig coffee cups most of the time and there was a big price hike last year, well before Trump’s tariffs. The price hike was partly concealed because - for several brands - you now only get ten cups per box instead of twelve.
I don’t care how much it costs - GIVE ME MY COFFEE!!!!!
I was born and raised in hurricane country, that made me aware as a kid.
But like coffee, there are still many grocery staples with price rises significantly outpacing the overall inflation rate.
Umm ain’t that price gouging Moe.
Not all items go up at once it’s a creep thing so few notice it.
LOL. The perfect gif.
Reading this has given me great schadenfreude as the caffeine addicts lament. Caffeine is more additive than cocaine proven scientific research for those brave enough to look. Haven’t had caffeine in 20 years so ha suck it junkies.
That said why not greenhouse grow it in Texas or anywhere in the south heat and mist the greenhouses plus add extra CO2 for double growth rates. Better yet vertical farm it in high rise stacks.
Or....
https://www.google.com/amp/s/phys.org/news/2021-09-coffee-cells-bioreactor-cellular-agriculture.amp
Coffee prices are surging b/c of freezes in the Brazilian coffee growing regions. The storage warehouses were low, about 60% or so.
Brazil Coffee Freezing Weather
Brazil’s coffee crop is currently facing a significant challenge due to freezing temperatures, which have raised frost risks and raised concerns about the supply outlook for the 2026 crop. The cold snap has affected several major coffee-growing regions...
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