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Coffee prices to increase due to severe frost in Brazil

Coffee prices to increase due to severe frost in Brazil

Irish coffee drinkers could potentially be hit with "eye popping" coffee prices.

An unexpectedly severe frost in Brazil is having a knock-on impact on the price of coffee beans, according to the Irish Examiner.

A third of the Brazilian crop was ruined as the severity of the prolonged frost caught farmers off guard.

This, along with the global shipping crisis, means coffee prices are surging.

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It's predicted that producers will be short 30m coffee sacks this year, each sack is 60 kilos, meaning supply won't meet demand, and price increases are inevitable worldwide.

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