COFFEE PRICES

Daily settle of the front-month ICE futures contract. Arabica trades in US cents per pound; Robusta in US dollars per metric tonne.

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READ THE MARKET

Specialty coffee trades far above these futures — typically 1.5–4× the C-market. But the C-market sets the floor for most of the world's farmers, and when it crashes below the cost of production, the whole supply chain wobbles. Knowing where it sits is part of being a literate coffee professional.