Instant coffee price inflation, 2025→2026

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Prices for Instant Coffee, 2025-2026 ($20)

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for instant coffee are 9.89% higher in 2026 versus 2025 (a $1.98 difference in value).

Between 2025 and 2026: Instant coffee experienced an average inflation rate of 9.89% per year. This rate of change indicates significant inflation. In other words, instant coffee costing $20 in the year 2025 would cost $21.98 in 2026 for an equivalent purchase. Compared to the overall inflation rate of 0.66% during this same period, inflation for instant coffee was significantly higher.

In the year 2025: Pricing changed by 15.87%, which is significantly above the average yearly change for instant coffee during the 2025-2026 time period. Compared to inflation for all items in 2025 (2.65%), inflation for instant coffee was much higher.

Price Inflation for Instant coffee since 1961

Consumer Price Index, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Years with the largest changes in pricing: 1977 (51.18%), 1976 (27.64%), and 1986 (21.02%).

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Buying power of $20.00 since 2025

Below are calculations of equivalent buying power for Instant coffee, over time, for $20 beginning in 2025. Each of the amounts below is equivalent in terms of what it could buy at the time:

Year	USD Value	Inflation Rate
2025	$20.00	15.87%
2026	$21.98	9.89%*

* 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 Instant coffee:

Year	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
CPI	29.017	28.292	28.767	33.442	29.883	28.642	28.317	28.792	30.208	33.842	35.300	35.133	37.217	44.658	50.417	64.350	97.283	102.383	98.042	106.475	95.475	97.292	99.258	103.467	107.283	129.833	120.550	117.725	118.367	117.883	117.075	114.617	113.958	134.533	152.625	147.542	153.750	155.819	160.367	160.150	162.833	163.850	164.450	166.133	176.208	178.908	189.145	204.694	200.884	199.038	211.388	214.372	207.707	205.218	203.545	197.301	197.304	188.031	189.023	186.379	188.645	209.055	218.413	220.639	255.647	280.939

Adjust instant coffee prices for inflation

Start with the inflation rate formula:

CPI in 2026 / CPI in 2025 * 2025 USD value = 2026 USD value

Then plug in historical CPI values from above. The CPI for Instant coffee was 255.647 in the year 2025 and 280.939 in 2026:

280.939 / 255.647 * $20 = $21.98

Therefore, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, $20 in 2025 has the same "purchasing power" as $21.98 in 2026 (in the CPI category of Instant coffee).

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking the Consumer Price Index for Instant coffee in 1961. In addition to instant coffee, the index produces monthly data on changes in prices paid by urban consumers for a variety of goods and services.