Coffee prices triple, putting pressure on roasters, cafes, customers [View all]
The price of green coffee beans has nearly tripled in recent years and coffee roasters in Eugene are feeling the pain. They can absorb only so much of the cost increase before passing it along to customers to keep their businesses percolating.
“I’ve been in this business for 21 years, and I’ve never seen it like this,” said Eric Pierce, owner of Caffé Pacori.
Before the pandemic, Pierce said it was common for roasters to pay less than $2 per pound for green coffee beans from Brazil. Now, it’s common to pay nearly $7 per pound for the same beans, and that’s before factoring in new 50% tariffs on Brazilian imports, which took effect in August.
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Prices for green beans jumped, starting in 2021, due to a combination of factors. Extreme weather in Brazil caused crop loss. Remnants of supply chain disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic contributed, as did a shipping barge getting stuck in the Suez Canal. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 contributed to a spike in oil prices.
Okon Udosenata of Equiano Coffee Roasters in Eugene said that before December 2024, coffee warehouses in major ports like Seattle, Portland and the Bay Area always maintained a surplus of beans.
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