Coffee prices have gone crazy. 2 years ago, when I had a colmado I would buy 1lb bags of Santo Domingo coffee for 61 RD$ direct from Induban. A month ago I was paying 125 pesos from the local colmado and yesterday was 140 pesos. Someone told me it was 145 in Janet's in Cabarete. I cannot think of any good reason for a doubling at least of the price in 2 years.
Matilda
I buy Induban dark roast en grano off the delivery truck in town. Last year I was paying 90 pesos a pound. Last week 160 a pound. Still gotta have my coffee in the morning. Regular Santo Domingo was 140.
Bob K
I doubt it's a pound like in the DR. Most likely 10oz.What I'd like to know is why 'Richfood" associated grocery chains in the US have Santo Domingo coffee at $3.49/ lb. which is roughly the same price I pay for it in the D.R. grocery stores? Granted, I don't travel for the coffee and I'm not complaining that it's the same price a block away in VA but I can't understand, if this commodity is in such short supply at home how it can be so plantiful and inexpensive abroad?
I doubt it's a pound like in the DR. Most likely 10oz.
........I can't tell you how many coffee trucks we stopped along the southern coast over a two month period. Not one of them had beans, only ground.............
AE
................i do not want to sound like a rotten rico but i have never looked at coffee prices. i need coffee? i buy it.........
Same here, although I did find a few bags of Santo Domingo en grano in Ole but they are charging 30 extra pesos for the beans. As far as I can remember that was never the case. Beans and ground were always the same price.
Actually neither have I, but I do remember when I first starting coming to the DR I would stock up on cafe because it was great tasting and so much cheaper than in the states.