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Expect to Keep Paying Record Prices for Coffee. This Is Why
US tariffs on Brazil have raised coffee bean prices in recent months, but climate change will keep them high over the long run.
Since August of this year, future prices for arabica, a coffee bean variety mostly grown in Brazil, have climbed almost 40%.
Photographer: Bryan Thomas/Getty ImagesAmericans have been paying more for a cup of coffee after the US imposed a 50% tariff on Brazil, the world’s largest producer, in July.
This week, prices spiked again in the futures market as stocks of Brazilian beans in the US dwindled to their lowest level since 2020 and Donald Trump threatened tariffs on Colombia, another big exporter.