Why is Stumptown coffee so expensive?
Producing great coffee is expensive. We don’t take that for granted and we never expect to get great coffee on the cheap. We don’t set prices based on the “C” (commodity market) price because we don’t buy commodity coffees. We pay outright prices guaranteed across multi-year partnerships. Uzbekistan is the cheapest place to drink coffee in Central Asia, there it costs $1.
Why is Stumptown so expensive?
Producing great coffee is expensive. We don’t take that for granted and we never expect to get great coffee on the cheap. We don’t set prices based on the “C” (commodity market) price because we don’t buy commodity coffees. Coffee is fresh produce, and its enemies are oxygen, light, heat, and moisture.