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  • The price of coffee is skyrocketing faster than all other groceries — and the reason goes way beyond tariffs

    03/29/2026 6:03:00 PM PDT · by Libloather · 68 replies
    NY Post ^ | 3/29/26 | Alex Oliveira
    The price of coffee is increasing faster than any other household grocery, and it’s not just tariffs driving the surge — bad weather, war and a frenzy of market traders are also to blame for the rise. Coffee prices have spiked by a stunning 18.4% in the last year, according to federal data from February. Most other household spending items — from groceries to cars to haircuts — don’t close to that increase rate, figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show. Those increases have affected both producers and consumers, and reflect a trend that has been running wild since...
  • S.F. company launches 'Meth Coffee'

    01/11/2007 4:58:32 PM PST · by martin_fierro · 13 replies · 333+ views
    AP/Yahoo ^ | RON HARRIS
    S.F. company launches 'Meth Coffee' By RON HARRIS, Associated Press Writer SAN FRANCISCO - A mysterious San Francisco company has launched an equally mysterious product aimed at coffee drinkers seeking an extra boost. The company and the product share the same name — Meth Coffee. It's a thinly veiled reference to methamphetamines, but the company admits there is no meth in its coffee — just rich arabica coffee beans and something a little different called yerba mate. Yerba mate comes from South America and is used to make teas and coffees there. Sellers of yerba mate products claim it raises...