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U.S. coffee shop prices are rising rapidly, with hot coffee reaching a national median of $3.52 and cold brew $5.47 in August 2025, driven by commodity price increases and Trump administration tariffs on coffee-producing countries. The price inflation reflects historically high arabica and robusta costs that roasting companies are passing to consumers across cafes and retail stores.
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U.S. coffee shop prices are rising rapidly, with hot coffee reaching a national median of $3.52 and cold brew $5.47 in August 2025, driven by commodity price increases and Trump administration tariffs on coffee-producing countries. The price inflation reflects historically high arabica and robusta costs that roasting companies are passing to consumers across cafes and retail stores.
Tags
coffee-prices · tariffs · consumer-trends · point-of-sale · inflation · retail · united-states
Key entities
Toast (organization, 0.95) · Daily Coffee News (organization, 0.9) · U.S. Consumer Price Index (organization, 0.85) · National Coffee Association (organization, 0.75) · President Trump (person, 0.95) · United States (location, 0.99) · Hawaii (location, 0.9) · Brazil (location, 0.9) · Seattle (location, 0.85) · Los Angeles (location, 0.85) · San Francisco (location, 0.85) · coffee-inflation (concept, 0.92) · tariffs (concept, 0.9) · commodity-prices (concept, 0.88) · Trump tariffs on coffee imports (event, 0.85)
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analysis · language en · status final
Provenance
claude-haiku-4-5 via @stacklist/be@0.1.0, confidence 0.85, 20 Oct 2026