First eggs, now coffee: The price of roast beans hits highest mark in 50 years

First eggs, now coffee: The price of roast beans hits highest mark in 50 years
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First eggs, now coffee: The price of roast beans hits highest mark in 50 years
Author: Graig Graziosi
Published: Feb, 24 2025 17:17

Summary at a Glance

Thanks to human driven climate change and the Trump administration's economic intimidation tactics, regular purchase items like coffee and eggs are becoming less and less affordable.

While that wouldn't necessarily increase prices for coffee producers — at least not initially — it would certainly have kicked up the cost for consumers, who in turn might be forced to buy less overall to account for the price increase.

The idea is that coffee producers can take their profits gained from higher prices and put them toward climate change mitigation measures, like growing more trees to shade the coffee beans.

The current cost of staples like eggs and coffee has ensured that Trump couldn't keep one of his campaign promises — to bring down prices on day one of his presidency.

Coffee beans cost more now than any time in the last 50 years, leaving producers to pass along the cost of doing business to their customers.

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