JOHANNESBURG - Coffee lovers will be counting a few more beans to buy their favourite cuppa this year.
Bad weather in Brazil and Vietnam are impacting prices.
Both countries are major suppliers of coffee and extreme weather means there will likely be major supply constraints in 2025.
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But what does this mean for the you and I, the end consumer?
FNB senior agricultural economist Paul Makube said it’s a weather problem in both worlds where coffee is produced.
"There are other producers such as Uganda, Ethiopia and so on. But these two countries are over 70 percent of global production," he said.
"We've seen in 2024 prices reaching the highest level since 1997."