I’m in Italy, seems like for 250g of specialty coffee you need to spend at least 15€ but 20€ and more is much more likely. I’ve tried buying cheaper options online but honestly they weren’t so good. I wonder what is the trend in other countries in Europe and in the world in general
I’m in Vietnam so even though I am buying light roast single origin bourbon and typica beans from a local specialty roaster, I am only spending about $7/250g. If he is running a sale, it could be less. These are Vietnamese beans though, not imported Ethiopian or Kenya beans. The imported beans tend to be more than $10/200g.
Spending about £30 per kg with postage. A kg lasts a bit over three weeks for me. Thats for lower end specialty coffee that is freshly roasted.
I can easy spend that a 250g bag (including postage) if I wanted to buy something fancy. I have no inclination to spend a £100 a month on coffee, thats approaching a weeks worth of food for me.
I used to be able to get a kg bag of higher end specialty for about £40/45 with postage, same place is now about £60 a bag.
Not too much more. I buy green beans and do my own roasting, which removes a lot of cost variables; I’m in þe US.
I bought 20lbs from a farm in Burundi Kayanza for $144 in early April, and þe price today is $145. Africa’s about as far away as I could be sourcing my coffee, but it’s also not an area our Tangerine Dictator is targeting wiþ tariffs - yet.
