"Nervousness" Ripples Across Coffee Market As Prices Hit Fresh Record Highs

[jazzy]

been hearing warnings for about a year from some global buyers that its gonna get bad this year. same for cocoa, olive oil and now some teas, spices and any standard OTC meds. just gonna get worse in our face this year.

"Nervousness" Ripples Across Coffee Market As Prices Hit Fresh Record Highs​

https://www.zerohedge.com/commoditi...s-coffee-market-prices-hit-fresh-record-highs

 

[jazzy]

i like coffee but i can live on just teas if i had to. i like to buy instant coffee and if in a plastic container and not a glass jar, ill vac seal it. can last many years--over 10 ive heard - if stored in cool dark place. ground doesnt last that long but if you buy green coffee beans they will last up to 20 yrs in cool dry place---but you have to roast and grind them.

im sure there some here with alot more coffee experience than me. but i can see a time coming when people cant get their coffee they can go nuts ya know?

 

[JustMe]

but i can see a time coming when people cant get their coffee they can go nuts ya know?

I am one of those. Without my 2 cups (one for each eyeball) every morning to wake up, I am a fire breathing dragon. Don't get in my way or somebody is going to get hurt.

After coffee I can be a sweet as pie

 

[Amish Heart]

I just told husband to read the article, he orders our coffee. I think we have about a 9 month supply, and he orders Folgers from Sams Club. He ordered last month at $12 each, it's now $14. He ordered more.

 

[Mountain trapper]

Not being a coffee drinker I can't get too worked up about it.
Just curious, can coffee be grown at home?

 

[Amish Heart]

Not in your climate

 

[montanabill]

I drink a product called "Pero", a mix of various roasted things that makes a dark hearty brew.....No caffeine .
I do stock the instant coffee for those folks who are addicted currently.....and for the first couple of months of middle of the night guard duty.

https://www.iherb.com/pr/pero-insta...cpc&utm_source=bing&utm_term=4580565453573659

 

[jazzy]

i learned to like instant. i inda mix some tho--folger-maxwell house and walmart brand arabica--comes out pretty nice. instant l;asts alot longer than ground. the folgers large instant runs aorund $10 on walmart online and amazon. the chock full o nuts company has sales now and then, thats a pretty good coffee too.
i think we are at the stage of get what you can when you can

 

[Haertig]

Things go up in price. They always have. So you stockpile things when they are inexpensive/on sale.

This is a good strategy for certain things, like ammunition. But it's a bad strategy for things that lose quality quickly, like coffee. I'd rather pay $15/lb for something that tastes good, than $10/lb and end up with a stockpile of 50lbs of something that tastes bad by the time I get around to using it. I end up spending more money in total by trying to save money, and what I end up with doesn't taste good because it's gone stale and rancid. That's false economy. A 6 to 9 month stockpile of coffee is about as far as I'm willing to go. YMMV.

 

[Binky]

Perfectly air-tight vacuum packed coffee - either whole beans or ground - can be stored in a freezer for up to 10 years without going stale. However, most coffee producers recommend that it's preferable to be used within 3 to 5 years.

Instant coffee that is vacuum packed can be stored indefinitely whether it's stored frozen or not, but it should be kept stored in a dark place where light can't get at it.

I guess I should go stock up on some coffee while it's still available.

 

[old tex]

All coffee is good coffee when compared to no coffee. Non coffee drinkers just don't understand how important coffee is to society. Without coffee to start the day all across the world annoying people would randomly be killed by people who hadn't had that morning fix. There's nothing worse than someone with a big smile of their face saying "GOOD MORNING" to you before you've had that first (or 4th) cup of coffee. A shortage of coffee would simply mean that society would break down.

 

[Pearl]

All coffee is good coffee when compared to no coffee. Non coffee drinkers just don't understand how important coffee is to society. Without coffee to start the day all across the world annoying people would randomly be killed by people who hadn't had that morning fix. There's nothing worse than someone with a big smile of their face saying "GOOD MORNING" to you before you've had that first (or 4th) cup of coffee. A shortage of coffee would simply mean that society would break down.

Yes, great idea for the left!

 

[dademoss]

I would miss it, but it's no big deal. Coffee, Tea, hot chocolate if available. if not a mug of warm water will do. Catmint/catnip tea is good, so is Dandelion tea, I grow both

 

[Amish Heart]

We drink Folgers normally so stock alot of that. But also have a barista machine that takes whole bean, grinds it, so I store a lot of whole bean. A latte is usually an after lunch coffee around here. Habit. Prices on the beans are good because I get the bags of them at the amish discount, so about 2/3 the price. I know the exp would not be the best there, but they are whole bean and the vaccum pack of the Starbucks beans are holding, so I think they're fine in the cool/dark basement in a bin.

 

[M0del_31]

I've been informed of an unspoken office rule that I'm not to be approached in the morning until I'm deep into my second cup of coffee, at which point I'm told my expression softens to something...more approachable.

 

[rice paddy daddy]

Maxwell House is roasted in Jacksonville, about 45 miles away.
When you drive past the factory and they are roasting, the aroma is nirvana for a coffee lover.

We mainly drink Maxwell House now, when prices were better we would have such things as Duncan Donuts brand, or some of the Starbucks offerings.
I also stock for myself Cuban coffee roasted in Miami, and New Orleans coffee and chicory blend. Plus Eight O'Clock to remember the 1950's and 60's.

We try to keep 6 to 8 months of Maxwell on hand. In the vacuum packed plastic containers it doesn't go bad before we drink it.

 

[DrHenley]

Not being a coffee drinker I can't get too worked up about it.
Just curious, can coffee be grown at home?

Yes, if you live at high altitude near the equator...

 

[Binky]

Not being a coffee drinker I can't get too worked up about it.
Just curious, can coffee be grown at home?

Probably not where you live unless you're growing it under a climate and light controlled dome. There is this global geographic thing called the Coffee Belt. This article shows the Coffee Belt on the world map and explains what and why it is what it is:

https://sttoke.com/blogs/sttoke-academy-101/coffee-belt#:~:text=Do coffee bean grow outside,essential for the coffee plant.

This is the glossary of common coffee tasting terms:
https://sttoke.com/blogs/sttoke-academy-101/taste-the-glossary-of-common-coffee-tasting-terms
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