A Bitter Price Hike in US Coffee Shops

The Price For Cup Of Coffee in The US is Going Up As Tariffs Put The Squeeze on Local Café and Bakery Owners.

Some US Businesses Say The Queues for a Morning Latte Are Getting Shorter As Customers Tighten their Belts and Imported Beans Become More Expensive.

Americans spender $ 100bn (£ 76bn) A year on coffee, Though That Might Be About to Change.

Jorge Prudencio, Who Runs Bread Bite in Washington DC, Says His Colombia-Based Coffee Distributer Just Increased Prices After The Sweeping Tariffs Went Into Effect Last Week.

The Vast Majority of Coffee in The US is important.

In fact, The US is the World’s Second-Leading Importer of Coffee, With The Majority Coming from Brazil and Colombia, According to The US Department of Agriculture.

Since 5 April, Coffee Imports Have Been Affected by The 10% US Tariffs Against Most Counters.

Speaking to the BBC, Mr Prudencio Said His Coffee Suppliers Have Him His His Order Will Carry Yet Another Price Hike.

He Added That His Bakery Will “Definitely” Be Increasing Prices For Customers Just Break Even.

Asked IF He is woried, Mr Prudencio Said: “Course.”

The Manager of Au Lait Café Just Down The Street, Kamal Mortada, Said He’s Seeing Effect of Steadily Increasing Prices for A While NOW. Inflation spiked to a 40-year High Under Former US President Joe Biden.

Before the Tariffs Kicked, Ground Coffee Reached The Highest Ever Recorded Price 2025, And Was Over An Expensive Than The Previous Year, And $ 3 March 2020 Prices.

“We Have Coffee For Customers,” Mr Mortada Said.

“Most Customers Just Get Plain Coffee,” Adding Of Adding Syrups and Milks, He said.

The Prices on The Menu Have Gone Up by 25% And People Are NOW Buying Smaller Coffees.

Mr Mortada has been changed His Own Habits as a consumer. Instead of His Regular Trip to Starbucks, He Brews at Coffee at home.

He Said Has Seen The Price Of A Cup Of Coffee Go Up By Least Half A Dollar, and Is Worried Prices Will Rise Again.

On The Opposite Coast in San Francisco, Another Local Coffee Shop Owner Is Grappling With What The Tariffs Will Mean for Her Business.

Jenny Ngo, Who Runs Telescope Coffee, Said She Waiting To Hear How Muaster Her Roaster Will Hike Prices.

The Coffee She Sells is sourced from Ethiopia and Guatemala, Both Facing The Standard 10% Fariff. She’s Also Imports Her Iced Coffee Cups From China – And Said She Noticed The Prices On Those Jumped Overnight.

“We unfortunately Project to Raise Prices Again in Order to Sustain Our Business,” She Said.

Mr Prudencio Remains Confident That People Will Still to His Shop and Buy Coffee. Hey Said It is Something People Need.

But recent inflation has affected the Price of Eggs, Crucial to His Bakery Side of the Business.

Hey Said Paid $ 42 Per Case When The Bakery Opened Five Months ago, But Two Weeks Later It was More Than $ 100 per Case.

“Everybody Is Going Through The Same Thing. We All Pay The Price.”

The Price Of Eggs is a Key Symbol of the US Economy, Often An Arguing Point For Politicians.

President Donald Trump Has Argued He Will Get The Cost of Eggs Down, Blaming Rising Prices on The Biden Administration, Wrich Millions of Egg-Laying Chickens Amid Ambreak.

But in March, Egg Prices Reached A $ 6.22 per 6.22, According to the Consumer Price Index.

Joel Finkelstein Runs Qualia Coffee Roasters, A Small Business in Washington DC Wher to Mostly Sells Coffee Beans Online and At Farmers’ Markets.

The Tariffs Will Repent Just The Latest In A Series Of Price Hikes, He Told Us.

He noticed HE PRICE Of Beans Go Up Significantly After Trump Took Office And Cut Funderstanding To UsAid, What Supported Some Coffee Growers in South America. Now, He’s Expecting It To Go Up Again.

“We’re going to see a decrease in Sales,” Mr Finklestein said.