Update to our Coffee Pricing, June 2025
The coffee industry is still facing price challenges, and unfortunately this continues to affect our production costs.
Green coffee is still hovering high at trading price. In January we talked about how it had gone over $3 per lb for the first time in over 13yrs. Since then we have been above $4 regularly and it is sitting at around $3.50-$4 generally now. There are a lot of predictions out there as to what might happen, but it’s all speculation, and despite Brazil and Colombia both having stronger harvests than predicted, it hasn’t significantly reduced the trading price. This means green coffee we are buying in is now sitting at nearly double what we were paying this time last year (and we have to buy as the harvest lands to ensure we have enough for the year).
Along with coffee, like everyone, we have other costs continuing to rise such as staffing, utilities, postage, packaging and more.
As always, please rest assured we are only moving our prices as needed. We remain ethical and transparent in our decision making, so please do ask for clarification on anything.
Wholesale for cafe
If you purchase kilo bags of coffee, the increase is only 2p added per cup of coffee. If you are a cafe we’d encourage you to review your prices, to absorb this.
Filter Coffee
If you purchase boxes of 55g or 70g sachets, please note the boxes contain 50sachets not 40. This helps us keep the increase down to only 5p-10p more per sachet, by reducing packaging.
All our wholesale remains on free shipping over our minimum order.
Let’s hope for a settling of the market, and costs in general as we enter the second half of this year, and as always we are really grateful for your custom. Thank you for choosing specialty grade coffee, the impact ALL our coffees have on their local community is wonderful. The farmers and supply chain are being paid properly for their hard work, and education & healthcare are being implemented. I’ve (Linda) recently been to Guatemala and seen the difference that ethical trade has on so many lives, and we’re really proud to have fully traceable, ethical coffee. Blog up soon!
Blessings,
Linda & Nick
Important updates to our Coffee Pricing
Our coffee prices are increasing, and wanted to communicate why, and the challenge being faced globally.
Green coffee is being hit by an all time high in trading price. For the first time in over 13yrs, the coffee price index has traded at $3 or more per lb. Inflation, cost of production, and cost of living are factors for all of us in daily life. But why is it affecting commodity products like green coffee? The recent pressure is mostly due to poor forcasts for the Brazil crop next year. Brazil is the biggest producer, and a poor year of harvest, massively affects the supply and demand globally. Production costs have also risen in every country, so when you add that to demand going up, and supply being reduced, there’s no avoiding it.
You’ll see this effect all coffee (take a look at instant on the supermarket shelves), also cocoa, olive oil and orange juice are taking the same hit. Your chocolate bar costs so much more, because the raw cocoa has risen in the same way as coffee.
Below is a chart of the International trading level per lb of green coffee over 2024, to show where things are at compared to this time last year. It’s a very unpredictable market, but in reality, its unlikely to reduce significantly, even if Brazil does better than expected – because that’s only a part of the reason.
The green coffee we buy from our importers, and direct from Uganda, have all had this huge spike in price, which is why we have reluctantly had to increase our prices. We have been as creative as possible, by working hard on reducing our packaging and bag costs (without compromising eco credentials). Please rest assured we have done everything we can to minimise the impact on purchasing.
ESPRESSO
If you purchase kilo bags of coffee, the increase is only 2p added per cup of coffee. If you are a cafe we’d encourage you to review your prices, to absorb this.
FILTER SACHETS
If you purchase boxes of 55g or 70g sachets, please note the boxes now contain 50sachets not 40. This helps us keep the increase down to only 7p-10p more per sachet, by reducing packaging.
Thank you for taking the time to read this, and do get in touch if you have any questions or concerns.
Linda & Nick
Founders of CLO Coffee