For a little over three months in 2025, Brazilian coffee arriving in the United States paid a 50% tariff. Brazil is the biggest single supplier of coffee to the US, and the US grows almost none of its own; Hawaii and Puerto Rico produce a tiny fraction of what Americans drink. So the tariff landed on the price of a cup. Here's what happened, and where things stand now. The … [Read more...] about US Tariffs on Brazilian Coffee: What the 50% Duty Did to Prices Before Coffee Was Exempted
Coffee Prices
Brazil’s Coffee Crop in 2026: A Record 67.6 Million Bags From an On-Year Harvest
Brazil grows more coffee than any other country, and this year it grew more than ever. In its September survey, Brazil's crop agency, Conab, put the 2026 harvest at a record 67.6 million 60-kilo bags, up 19.6% on 2025. Arabica did the heavy lifting, up 34.8% to 48.2 million bags, about 70% of the total. Conilon, Brazil's name for robusta, fell 6.6% to 19.4 million … [Read more...] about Brazil’s Coffee Crop in 2026: A Record 67.6 Million Bags From an On-Year Harvest
The EU Deforestation Regulation and Coffee: What Changes on December 30, 2026
From December 30, 2026, a large or medium-sized company can only sell coffee in the EU if it can show the coffee wasn't grown on land deforested after 2020. That's the heart of the EU Deforestation Regulation, or EUDR, and for coffee it's a big change in how the trade works. Here's what it asks for and what it means for the coffee in your cup. What the Law Covers The regulation … [Read more...] about The EU Deforestation Regulation and Coffee: What Changes on December 30, 2026
Vietnam’s Robusta Harvest: How the Central Highlands Set the Price of Espresso Blends
Vietnam is the world's second-biggest coffee producer after Brazil and the biggest grower of robusta. Most of it comes from the Central Highlands, around provinces like Dak Lak and Lam Dong, and nearly all of it is robusta. When that harvest is big, the price of robusta falls, and with it the cost of instant coffee and of the Italian-style espresso blends that use it. The … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s Robusta Harvest: How the Central Highlands Set the Price of Espresso Blends
Italian Espresso Bar Rules: The €1.29 Counter Espresso and the Morning-Only Cappuccino
Italy drinks its coffee standing up. Walk into any bar at eight in the morning and you'll see a row of people at the counter, each with a small cup and a quick word for the barista, and then they're gone. The country has about 140,000 bars, and between them they pour something like 6 billion espressos a year. Nobody writes the rules down, but almost everyone follows them. … [Read more...] about Italian Espresso Bar Rules: The €1.29 Counter Espresso and the Morning-Only Cappuccino
Geisha Coffee: From an Ethiopian Forest to a $30,204-a-Kilo Auction Record
In August 2025, 20 kilos of green coffee from a farm in Panama sold for $604,080. That's $30,204 a kilo, about $13,700 a pound, and a world record for coffee at auction. The coffee was a Geisha, a variety that was a curiosity until 2004. From Gesha to Panama The variety takes its name from the Gori Gesha forest in southwestern Ethiopia, the same region where arabica grows wild, … [Read more...] about Geisha Coffee: From an Ethiopian Forest to a $30,204-a-Kilo Auction Record
How the Coffee C Price Works: Why Farmers From Colombia to Kenya Are Paid Off a New York Futures Price
When a farmer in Colombia sells a truckload of coffee, or a roaster in Hamburg buys a container, the price almost always starts from the same number: the arabica futures price in New York, known as the "C" price. Robusta has its own benchmark in London. Here's how the two work, and why a trading screen in New York matters to a café in Lisbon. The Two Contracts Arabica … [Read more...] about How the Coffee C Price Works: Why Farmers From Colombia to Kenya Are Paid Off a New York Futures Price
Coffee Prices in September 2026: Arabica at $2.89 as a Record Brazil Crop Meets Thin Warehouse Stocks
Arabica coffee futures settled at 288.75 cents a pound on Monday, September 28, 2026, up 3.6% on the day and at their highest in about two weeks. The jump came as investment funds bought back bets against coffee. Robusta futures in London ended the same day at $3,412 a tonne. Both are far below their 2025 records, but the market is caught between a huge Brazilian harvest and … [Read more...] about Coffee Prices in September 2026: Arabica at $2.89 as a Record Brazil Crop Meets Thin Warehouse Stocks