coffee. sugar and coco to rise 5 to 10 fold by 2014

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We're down to the last 2 containers of DH's coffee and he swears he's not buying anymore due to the high cost. I need to

I just bought a few months worth of coffee. I'm thinking I need more. It isn't pretty if I don't have my coffee.

That said, if coffee goes that high, I'm switching to drinking it Turkish style and may eat the grounds with a spoon to get my caffeine fix. (Ewww. I know, but people eat chocolate covered coffee beans, after all...)

They are wonderful

My wife just bought coffee a day or two ago.

The price of the container she bought went from about $8 to about $12
I'm not sure how long ago she bought the last one

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Just to be clear, I think all of these commodities will increase in cost, most certainly.

The biggest factor is Inflation, but if it's "inflation" that does a 5 fold increase on the cost of goods, everything will go up like that. The article specifically said it was because of limited quantities of place to grow coffee and other excuses like that.

People are pretty industrious, and if the price of ANYTHING increases by 5 fold, they'll be growing coffee beans on rooftops, backyards and moving vehicles... which then increases supply and the price drops.

We've seen an increase in our coffee also, but once you reach a certain point, people won't afford it and will cut it out, and then, again, supply increases and the price comes down.

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My dr told me yesterday that food is going to be the next wealth indicator. I was reading Eliot Coleman's "Winter Harvest Handbook" while waiting on her. She said her family was preparing for her to be able to quit her job as a DR to feed their family if necessary. Hmmmm? We live in agriculatural heaven. Everyone and their dog runs a farm stand in their driveway. There are orcards/vineyards/row crops EVERYWHERE. I said I thought her Dr-ing skills would be a good trade. She doesn't trust even that.

I think we are in the midst of a mind set readjustment as to what is a luxury and what is unheard of. I'm already starting to think in terms of the 'good old days'.

For those who have a Save-A-Lot store nearby, check your local circular as the ones here have Maxwell House Coffee, 32 ounce can for $4.99 this week. Limit 2 cans, but we all know what that means, parking lot relay

They also carry their brand which is pretty decent for $3.99, I think it is a 28 or 30 ounce can.

Shop a Meijer's. Their prices have held pretty much steady for the last 5 years.

Sounds like fear mongering to me.

http://www.ehow.com/how_2177131_sugar-beets.html

Seedspreader, I've been reading a lot of your posts lately. If TSHTF, I'd want to be on your team. Level, coolheaded thinker!

Well, just on the chance that this does occur, I think I'll set back a bit extra of eacho f the three. I'd be surprised to see coffee selling that high (who could afford it?) but I wouldn't be surprised to see it hit $20. I did notice that the sizes of some of the so-called "large" tubs have shrank again. Seems it was Folgers that shrank but I may be wrong. I was lucky and got a few tubs of Folgers on sale a couple weeks ago. I set back a few more today, though those were generics (not our favorite, but they were on sale for $5 a can for Best Choice).

I'm going to set back a couple bags of sugar each time I go to the store and try to put a few containers of cocoa back because I do love my chocolate...

The coffee has an 18 month sell-by date, so it should be fine for a couple of years, at least. Sugar will never go bad - might get hard, but a hammer or hot water will solve that...

It's all a ruse. I'm really a brain-eating zombie.

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Chocolate syrup...2 cups sugar, 1/2 cup dry cocoa, 1 cup water, pinch salt..Bring to boil, add 1/2 tsp vanilla and cook 2 minutes....tip, do this in a big pan as it will boil over in a blink of an eye. This is the soda fountain recipe of my grandparents...as it cools it thickens. No odd chemical names, no plastic bottle. Once you try it you won't go back. Is even tolerable with cheap Aldi cocoa but I prefer Penzey's.

I have plentifil lstores of cocoa and sugar...buy sugar in bulk for the bees, if needed, and canning. Coffee is something we are cutting down to two pots a day. Probably better for our health anyhow!! We buy beans at Aldi and store in freezer. Good thing we like tea. Pity the folks when their Coke runs out. DEE

I have a friend who sells coffee for 25 bucks a pound, it's that stuff from north Africa where the goats eats the coffee beans and poop them out and people pick the beans out of the poop. He always sells out of it.

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