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Coffee vs Tea

Coffee's biggest producer is Brazil (30%, 2024); Tea's is China (50%, 2024). The latest benchmark prices on file (September 2026) are $7.26/kg for coffee and $2.85/kg for tea. Their monthly price moves have only weakly tracked each other over the 800 months compared (r = 0.08).

Coffee compared with Tea
CoffeeTea
CategorySoftsSofts
Top producerBrazil (30%, 2024)China (50%, 2024)
World production11.1 million tonnes32.7 million tonnes
Top exporterBrazil (35%, 2024)Kenya (18%, 2024)
Latest price$7.26/kg (September 2026)$2.85/kg (September 2026)
12-month change-18%-3%

Price since January 1960, rebased to 100

Each price divided by its own January 1960 value and multiplied by 100, so the two can share one chart regardless of unit. Starts at January 1960 because that is the later of the two series' first published month.

Coffee vs Tea monthly prices, index, Jan 1960 to Sep 2026Line chart of coffee vs tea monthly prices in index from Jan 1960 to Sep 2026: Coffee from 100 to 772.3, peaking at 962.8; Tea from 100 to 276.7, peaking at 327.2.02004006008001,00019601965197019751980198519901995200020052010201520202025index
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