Beverage materials including coffee and tea priced at $20 in 2012 $23.82 in 2025

Beverage Materials Including Coffee And Tea Inflation Calculator

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Prices for Beverage Materials Including Coffee And Tea, 2012-2025 ($20)

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for beverage materials including coffee and tea are 19.12% higher in 2025 versus 2012 (a $3.82 difference in value).

Between 2012 and 2025: Beverage materials including coffee and tea experienced an average inflation rate of 1.36% per year. In other words, beverage materials including coffee and tea costing $20 in the year 2012 would cost $23.82 in 2025 for an equivalent purchase. Compared to the overall inflation rate of 2.56% during this same period, inflation for beverage materials including coffee and tea was lower.

In the year 2012: Pricing changed by 0.98%, which is below the average yearly change for beverage materials including coffee and tea during the 2012-2025 time period. Compared to inflation for all items in 2012 (2.07%), inflation for beverage materials including coffee and tea was lower.

Price Inflation for Beverage materials including coffee and tea since 1997

Consumer Price Index, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Years with the largest changes in pricing: 2022 (11.88%), 2011 (7.45%), and 2023 (5.21%).

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Buying power of $20.00 since 2012

Below are calculations of equivalent buying power for Beverage materials including coffee and tea, over time, for $20 beginning in 2012. Each of the amounts below is equivalent in terms of what it could buy at the time:

YearUSD ValueInflation Rate
2012$20.000.98%
2013$19.38-3.12%
2014$19.22-0.79%
2015$19.471.28%
2016$19.14-1.68%
2017$19.13-0.05%
2018$18.88-1.34%
2019$18.85-0.12%
2020$19.041.02%
2021$19.492.32%
2022$21.8011.88%
2023$22.945.21%
2024$23.060.52%
2025$23.823.33%*

* Not final. See inflation summary for latest details.
** Extended periods of 0% inflation usually indicate incomplete underlying data. This can manifest as a sharp increase in inflation later on.


Raw Consumer Price Index data from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for Beverage materials including coffee and tea:

Year19971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
CPI100.00098.63896.76997.93896.99296.31597.36297.554102.423104.077108.221112.780113.254113.967122.458123.663119.803118.856120.371118.348118.292116.709116.563117.751120.484134.797141.826142.557147.309

Adjust beverage materials including coffee and tea prices for inflation

Start with the inflation rate formula:

CPI in 2025 / CPI in 2012 * 2012 USD value = 2025 USD value

Then plug in historical CPI values from above. The CPI for Beverage materials including coffee and tea was 123.663 in the year 2012 and 147.309 in 2025:

147.309 / 123.663 * $20 = $23.82

Therefore, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, $20 in 2012 has the same "purchasing power" as $23.82 in 2025 (in the CPI category of Beverage materials including coffee and tea).


Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking the Consumer Price Index for Beverage materials including coffee and tea in 1997. In addition to beverage materials including coffee and tea, the index produces monthly data on changes in prices paid by urban consumers for a variety of goods and services.

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