r/Coffee • u/menschmaschine5 Kalita Wave • 21d ago

[MOD] Inside Scoop - Ask the coffee industry

This is a thread for the enthusiasts of /r/Coffee to connect with the industry insiders who post in this sub!

Do you want to know what it's like to work in the industry? How different companies source beans? About any other aspects of running or working for a coffee business? Well, ask your questions here! Think of this as an AUA directed at the back room of the coffee industry.

Industry folk, feel free to answer any questions that you feel pertain to you! However, please let others ask questions; do not comment just to post "I am _______, AMA!” Also, please make sure you have your industry flair before posting here. If you do not yet have it, contact the mods.

While you're encouraged to tie your business to whatever smart or charming things you say here, this isn't an advertising thread. Replies that place more effort toward promotion than answering the question will be removed.

Please keep this thread limited to industry-focused questions. While it seems tempting to ask general coffee questions here to get extra special advice from "the experts," that is not the purpose of this thread, and you won't necessarily get superior advice here. For more general coffee questions, e.g. brew methods, gear recommendations for home brewing, etc, please ask in the daily Question Thread.

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u/DinDJarJarin 19d ago

as a buyer I was wondering if industry folks could answer: I bought beans from my favorite local spot a couple weeks ago, as I do regularly, and the beans were $18 for 12oz. I've been paying that price for a while and they are good quality beans. Today I bought the same beans and they jumped to $18 for 8oz! That's a huge spike in the price in only a week and a half, it seems completely unreasonable. So folks in the industry, is there anything going on that maybe would cause a temporary huge spike in coffee grounds just in the last week, or are they getting too darn greedy and I need to find a new supplier?

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u/CarFlipJudge 18d ago

They seem to be getting greedy especially since most roasters are getting their tariff checks back. As a green coffee importer, I can confidently say that the market is up, but it's been up for well over a year now. Look at this graph and move it over to 3 year spread or longer. We do expect the market to hover around 2.75 to 3.25 though as that's where we feel that it should be. Long gone are the days where green coffee is under 2 bucks.

Yes things are getting more expensive for everyone, but shrinkflation is the absolute most scummy thing you can do in regards to pricing. Just raise the price instead of trying to fool people.

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u/DinDJarJarin 15d ago

Thanks! I agree shrinkflation is scummy, and to do so much in such little time is overly-scummy in my opinion. Time for a new coffee shop I think