The typical value of a pound of roasted floor espresso at U.S. grocery shops reached $9.72 in April 2026, marking the very best stage on report because the Bureau of Labor Statistics started monitoring the determine in 1980.

As revealed Could 12 by way of the Federal Reserve Financial institution of St. Louis’s FRED database, the $9.72 mark for April edged out the earlier excessive of $9.60 in March, persevering with an increase within the average-price sequence of roughly 39% since January 2025.

The BLS determine covers floor, regular-caffeine roast espresso bought in cans or plastic containers at retail, collected month-to-month throughout 75 city areas as a part of the Shopper Value Index survey. It’s a measure of what U.S. consumers are paying for packaged floor espresso on the shelf, not a commodity or futures value.

The most recent BLS average-price determine reveals the sequence has jumped 105% since April 2021 and 29% over the previous yr.

By comparability, specialty espresso costs have additionally elevated all through the primary quarter of 2026, though solely incrementally, based on the most recent information from the Specialty Espresso Retail Value Index.

Espresso Outpacing Different Grocery Gadgets

In accordance with the most recent BLS information, espresso costs far outpaced general grocery inflation in April 2026. The BLS espresso index was up 18.5% from April 2025 to April 2026, whereas roasted espresso was up 17.3% and immediate espresso was up 22.8%. Meals-at-home costs, by comparability, had been up 2.9% over the identical interval, whereas the general Shopper Value Index was up 3.8%. 

As DCN reported final October, the espresso value run has been pushed by quite a few pressures, together with sustained nominally excessive prices for inexperienced espresso tied to produce constraints and rising international demand, mixed with the Trump administration’s “reciprocal tariffs” enacted in April 2025. Analysts and coffee-producer teams have since warned that espresso manufacturing prices could proceed to extend on account of rising fertilizer and vitality prices tied to the U.S. warfare in Iran. 

The Trump tariffs, paid by U.S. importers, had been particularly exhausting on the U.S. espresso trade given its near-total reliance on inexperienced espresso imports to fulfill home demand.

The Supreme Courtroom decided earlier this yr that the tariffs weren’t licensed and the federal authorities has since launched a portal for refund requests. As of this writing, DCN has not confirmed any refunds to U.S. espresso importers.

Specialty Espresso Retail Costs

The grocery information stands in distinction with current specialty espresso retail pricing information from the Specialty Espresso Retail Value Index, a companion to the Specialty Espresso Transaction Information created by researchers at Emory College. The index tracks costs charged by a consultant group of North American specialty espresso roasters promoting roasted coffees on-line.

Within the first quarter of 2026, the specialty retail index rose 3.9%, with the common roasted specialty espresso value reaching $32.75 per pound on the finish of March. The typical was $23.73 per pound for the lowest-priced coffees and $41.77 per pound for the highest-priced coffees among the many roasters tracked.

But yr over yr, the common specialty retail value was up simply 0.8%, with the lowest-priced coffees up 9.3% and the highest-priced coffees down 3.4%.

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