Brazil drought makes coffee 2017 commo winner

Sao Paulo

THE best part of waking up is likely to get more expensive.

Coffee futures are on a tear as regions of Brazil beleaguered by drought last year are heading for more of the same parched conditions. There's been no significant rain for almost a month in Espirito Santo state, the nation's top grower of the robusta variety. It's gotten so dry that the government has reinstated limits on irrigation from rivers.