Talk Coffee Blog — 2025-02-08

Coffee pricing mayhem and shenanigans…

If you have any connection to the outside world, it would be impossible to miss the fact that stuff is happening in the coffee world. Daily newspapers are laden with $12 per cup hysteria and it's in the news and your social feed too. What's going on? ## Coffee is More Expensive Than It Has Ever Been Green coffee prices (the C price - think of this as the stock market price for commodity grade coffee) have gone through the roof: - **January 2024:** Approx $5 AUD per kg - **January 2025:** Nearly $13 per kg - **February 2025:** Near $16/kg We don't buy any "C" price commodity coffee at all, and it's normal for us to pay anywhere between $8 and $15 per kilo over that for our everyday beans. For the really special stuff, it can be way, way more. As an example, we have a coffee on offer that leaves us with little margin when we sell it at $250/kg. For everyday coffee we purchase, we're now seeing significant price increases: **our favourite Brazil used in some blends and as a popular single