Irish coffee drinkers face 'eye-popping' price rises, warns Cork roaster

Market research firm IBISWorld has predicted coffee-bean prices could skyrocket to $4.44 a kilo this year after a particularly bad frost in Brazil saw much of its crop destroyed.

Coffee is poured from a stovetop espresso coffee maker, London. Picture: Anthony Devlin

Irish coffee drinkers will find out the hard way early next year that the climate crisis affects all facets of life, including their morning cup of joe — with potentially 'eye-popping' price increases on the cards.

A particularly harsh frost in the midst of the Brazilian winter in July led to a third of the crop in the arabica-producing region being destroyed, which means the commodity is seeing its price skyrocket. While frosts are factored in by Brazilian farmers, the severity of this one caught them off guard.