Not a coffee drinker myself but thought I'd look up the price of coffee beans. I found that the price per kilogram of both major varieties of coffee is in 2023 nearly identical to the price in 2014. Thus any increases you are paying are for factors other than bean price. the website did not explain how they know the cost of beans in 2024 unless they are using future contracts.

The other graph is longer term of US prices. It does not explain which bean type. Perhaps a blend. But this 45 year graph shows no increase in all those years. These are not adjusted for inflation so your coffee beans are way cheaper than they were in 1975.

According to the article with the long term chart, the farmer only gets 5% of the final supermarket cost of coffee.

As a former hog farmer, nothing unusual there.
The profit is with the middlemen, and retailer, then when feed, and ancillary costs rise, the farmer takes the hit, not the retailer or middleman.
If the true cost, plus a reasonable return was set by the producers, the public would scream blue murder at the price rise in the shop.
There were times when the transport guy taking our pigs to slaughter made more than we did on the load.
And we were one of he more efficient producers.
Gave up, bought a truck, and started making some money!

So can everyone else ,but I and many others like to stop during our day for a cup of coffee maybe even chat up someone while your drinking it , it’s one of life’s simple pleasures a good cup of coffee somewhere or sometime during your day .the same can be said for eating out you can make your food at home ,well I can’t because I don’t know how to cook anything, but dining out for me is a social contact with others and many nights a date it’s not just the food

Yeah, but they will give you refills! Coffee is good.

Psst! Charlieo. The microwave is your friend.

Funny we don’t microwave food or drinks. When we cook or eat out we only order what we can consume at that sitting. Never been a fan of leftovers, unless it’s my moms soup or meatloaf. Only time I use microwave is for the cats food

Great comment!, to each their own of course, but the Starbucks has always been a bit too strong for me. When up north I find Tim Horton's one of my favorite,

You can buy the Starbucks "blonde" version in K-cups, which is supposed to be milder. But, I will drink whatever coffee is the cheapest because I cannot tell the difference.

Or practice, I remember the last time I was driving around Mass - eastern, not the city, probably not the cape - I was astounded to see a Dunkin on every corner. I marveled that they could survive. How many donuts could Massachusetts eat? I didn't consider that they were selling coffee, not crullers or honey dipped. As is probably the subtext of the original post, selling coffee is profitable.

There is probably a YouTube video that demonstrates how you could brew your own cup of coffee. It's one thing to buy gas station coffee when on a 12 hour road trip but to go out and buy it on purpose when you don't have to...yuck!

Drink club at Panera is around $13 a month for unlimited coffee and cold beverages. Less than $1 a cup if you use it more than 13 times a month.

It’s almost the year 2024. Coffee ain’t a buck anymore

Wish I could meet the salesperson who coined "You get what you pay for." PT Barnham would be proud.

In UK Starbucks Americano is $3.78

20 filter cigarettes, or Marlboro are $20+ a packet.:shocked:

I was hoping someone would suggest Panera's Sip Club. I bought mine annually for $99. A Sip Club members can get a coffee (or other beverages) every two hours. If I go once daily, that's about 27 cents per cup!