Other beverage materials including tea price inflation, 2025→2026

Other Beverage Materials Including Tea Inflation Calculator

Prices for Other Beverage Materials Including Tea, 2025-2026 ($20)

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for other beverage materials including tea are 2.74% higher in 2026 versus 2025 (a $0.55 difference in value).

Between 2025 and 2026: Other beverage materials including tea experienced an average inflation rate of 2.74% per year. This rate of change indicates significant inflation. In other words, other beverage materials including tea costing $20 in the year 2025 would cost $20.55 in 2026 for an equivalent purchase. Compared to the overall inflation rate of 0.66% during this same period, inflation for other beverage materials including tea was higher.

In the year 2025: Pricing changed by 2.54%, which is below the average yearly change for other beverage materials including tea during the 2025-2026 time period. Compared to inflation for all items in 2025 (2.65%), inflation for other beverage materials including tea was lower.

Price Inflation for Other beverage materials including tea since 1997

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

Years with the largest changes in pricing: 2022 (7.44%), 2023 (7.25%), and 2000 (3.15%).

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Buying power of $20.00 since 2025

Below are calculations of equivalent buying power for Other beverage materials including tea, 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	2.54%
2026	$20.55	2.74%*

* 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 Other beverage materials including tea:

Year	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	100.000	101.967	104.158	107.442	110.708	112.333	113.133	113.417	115.158	116.508	119.800	122.838	124.322	124.770	125.547	126.125	127.555	128.288	127.908	128.553	128.552	128.619	130.118	132.622	134.985	145.027	155.537	160.171	164.242	168.740

Adjust other beverage materials including tea 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 Other beverage materials including tea was 164.242 in the year 2025 and 168.740 in 2026:

168.740 / 164.242 * $20 = $20.55

Therefore, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, $20 in 2025 has the same "purchasing power" as $20.55 in 2026 (in the CPI category of Other beverage materials including tea).

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