Coffee

High coffee prices are changing how consumers take their daily brew

People are choosing cheaper options such as drive-through baristas or whole beans delivered to their door

Jason Soon (left) and Nigel Soon of Kim Guan Guan Coffee Roaster. The company has launched retail brand Kim's Duet to reach coffee drinkers directly.

From capsules to coffee bags, Kim Guan Guan aims to elevate Singapore kopi

Amid its transformation and foray into retail, the coffee supplier was acquired by billionaire Sam Goi’s PSC Corporation in 2024

Brazil produces almost 40 per cent of the world’s coffee and the country has undergone droughts every year since 2020, resulting in global coffee demand outstripping supply.

Expect to keep paying record prices for coffee

President Trump’s tariffs obscure another major factor driving up coffee prices: climate change

Central Perk Coffee, which already has an outpost in Boston, will run the Manhattan branch which will be based in the Times Square tourist hub and is due to open in late 2025.

Friends like these: New York to get ‘Central Perk’ cafe from beloved sitcom

DEVOTEES of fan favourite Friends will soon be able to sip a cup of Joey in a Manhattan recreation of the “Central Perk” cafe made famous by the sitcom.

Tariffs are now adding to the pressure, with shipments to the US from Brazil facing levies of 50%.

Coffee drinkers face new jolt as tariffs fuel price hike

Companies are indicating that price hikes may have to follow suit if levies remain in place

AirAsia co-founder Tony Fernandes says that the partnership aims to create a product that reflects South-east Asia’s culture and heritage.

Food Empire partners AirAsia to launch ready-to-drink beverages

The tie-up kicks off with a Vietnamese iced-coffee product to be sold on board the airline’s flights

Clarissa Choo, brand director of Huggs Coffee. Huggs is strengthening its consumer presence by targeting Singapore’s speciality coffee drinkers.

Huggs Coffee expands from retail cafes in CBD to supplying corporate pantries and hospitals

The coffee chain is also focusing on artisanal blends for its expanding ‘fifth-wave’ concept cafes

Coffee plants in the foreground and rows of tea plants at a coffee plantation in Pu’er. Tea growers are increasingly branching out into coffee as younger Chinese cultivate a taste for punchy espressos, frothy lattes and flat whites.

Chinese tea hub branches into coffee as tastes change

[PU'ER, China] At a mountainside cafe in south-western China, Liao Shihao brews handfuls of locally grown beans into steaming cups of coffee, a modern twist on the region’s traditional drink.