Rain Just Made You Coffee More Expensive

By Douglas McIntyre  •  October 25, 2025

There is so little rain in Brazil that it has decimated the coffee crop. Brazil is the world’s largest provider of coffee beans. There are similar problems in Vietnam, which is the second-largest supplier. The same problem exists in Western Africa, which is the largest source of cocoa beans. When people look at increases in the CPI, they need to see the role of climate change. Douglas A. McIntyre, Editor-In-Chief at Climatecrisis247. More video: Americans don’t care about climate change.

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