La spéculation sur le café, nouveau défi des torréfacteurs (Coffee speculation, a new challenge for roasters)

In two years, robusta prices have exploded by 200%. Arabica markets are also under pressure. “This is not a small issue for us to deal with, the subject is huge". For Giuseppe Lavazza, president of the family group, coffee is not near to the end of the surge in the prices of the majority of agricultural raw materials. Quite the contrary. For months, the prices of green gold have continued to soar.