“And now it’s not.”Years of steadily climbing coffee prices have some in this country of coffee lovers upending their habits by nixing café visits, switching to cheaper brews or foregoing it altogether. Coffee prices in the U.S. were up 18.3% in January from a year ago, according to the latest Consumer Price Index released on Friday . Over five years, the government reported, coffee prices rose 47%. Two-thirds of Americans drink coffee daily, according to the National Coffee Association. Growing up, Donelson watched enviously as her mother made a daily coffee jaunt (also to McDonald’s, also 10 sugars and five creams), and she duplicated the habit.

Source: Daily Sun February 14, 2026 14:03 UTC