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In US supermarkets, coffee keeps getting more expensive

https://intelligence.coffee/2025/09/us-supermarket-coffee-keeps-increasing/

Published: September 26, 2025 10:00

Coffee on American supermarket shelves is becoming increasingly less affordable for the average consumer. Ground coffee prices in US supermarkets surged almost 21% year-on-year in August, hitting a record $8.87 a pound, according to the Bureau of Labor…

Why are Americans obsessed with jumbo-sized drinks?

https://intelligence.coffee/2025/09/americans-and-jumbo-sized-drinks/

Published: September 23, 2025 10:00

In the United States, size has long signalled value. “Supersize me” was not just a McDonald’s slogan but a national mantra, visible in bottomless sodas and endless refills at diners. Jumbo-sized iced coffees – sometimes 32 ounces or more – are trending in…

Back to basics – the staying power of the pumpkin spice latte

https://intelligence.coffee/2025/09/staying-power-of-pumpkin-spice-latte/

Published: September 19, 2025 10:00

Every autumn, America undergoes the same ritual. Supermarkets stack cinnamon-scented candles, Instagram grids fill with orange foliage, and coffee chains roll out the pumpkin spice latte (PSL). Starbucks’ Pumpkin Spice Latte, first launched in 2003, is its…

Busting the margin myth – small roasters tend to take a larger slice of the pie

https://intelligence.coffee/2025/09/busting-the-coffee-margin-myth/

Published: September 16, 2025 10:00

For years, coffee’s giants have been cast as villains. Their dominance, critics argue, squeezes farmers, depresses quality, and cheapens a product whose cultural cachet has soared in the past two decades. Producer countries’ share of commercial retail…

The new update on US tariff exemptions isn’t the win the industry expected

https://intelligence.coffee/2025/09/new-update-on-us-tariff-exemptions/

Published: September 12, 2025 10:00

On September 5th President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order updating tariff rules in line with ongoing trade negotiations. It designates coffee as an “unavailable natural resource,” eligible for exemption but only through future trade deals. 50%…

Deconstructing the matcha obsession

https://intelligence.coffee/2025/09/deconstructing-the-matcha-obsession/

Published: September 9, 2025 10:00

For centuries, matcha was a Japanese ritual, a ceremony that prized patience and restraint. Now matcha has become something else entirely: a  bright green shorthand for wellness, virality, and conspicuous consumption. Japan’s matcha exports have nearly…

Smucker’s hikes show tariffs risk speeding America’s coffee decline

https://intelligence.coffee/2025/09/tariffs-risk-speeding-us-coffee-fall/

Published: September 5, 2025 10:00

J. M. Smucker raising its prices in the wake of US tariffs raises an alarm. The custodian of Folgers, Dunkin’ and Café Bustelo has long been a bellwether for America’s coffee market. But are tariffs the cause, or the final straw for a market already in…

Are we seeing an “industry hangover” in coffee?

https://intelligence.coffee/2025/09/industry-hangover-in-coffee/

Published: September 2, 2025 10:00

Many of the world’s coffee traders are now running on fumes. After a decade of relatively benign markets, the past five years have been a blur of price shocks, shipping snarls, rising labour costs, and now the extra burden of US tariffs. Smaller exporters…

KDP-JDE Peet’s mega-merger: What does it mean for the industry?

https://intelligence.coffee/2025/08/kdp-jde-peets-mega-merger/

Published: August 29, 2025 10:00

The announced merger of Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) and JDE Peet’s has, in one stroke, redrawn the global coffee map. JDE Peet’s stock jumped over 17% on merger news, while KDP fell more than 7%. The $16bn revenue alliance creates the next biggest coffee player…

What’s happening with decaf?

https://intelligence.coffee/2025/08/whats-happening-with-decaf/

Published: August 26, 2025 10:00

Decaf used to be the butt of industry jokes – “death before decaf” stickers still appear at trade-show booths – but who’s still laughing? Decaf’s share of US coffee consumption climbed by 33% from 2024 to 2025, according to the NCA. Meanwhile, Swiss…

Will Brazil’s export aid usher in an era of coffee subsidies?

https://intelligence.coffee/2025/08/brazils-coffee-export-subsidies/

Published: August 22, 2025 11:00

In response to prospective American duties of up to 50% on a swathe of Brazilian goods – including coffee – the government has unveiled a rescue and rearmament plan for exporters: a 30bn-real (about US$5.55bn) credit line. Brazil supplies around a third of…