Coffee prices in Cyprus rose by 10.13% in 2025, despite overall inflation falling to 0.83%, highlighting a sharp gap between the cost of coffee and the wider trend in consumer prices.
An analysis of monthly data from Eurostat shows that the average annual Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) for coffee increased by 10.13% compared with 2024. By contrast, overall inflation stood at 0.83%, meaning coffee prices rose at around 12 times the rate of prices across goods and services generally.
The difference of 9.3 percentage points highlights how some everyday products continued to become more expensive even as overall inflation eased.
Coffee prices reversed their decline in 2024
Coffee prices followed a different pattern in the previous year. The average annual price index fell by 1.86% in 2024 compared with 2023, before reversing direction in 2025.
The subsequent 10.13% increase more than offset the previous year’s decline.
Across the two-year period from 2023 to 2025, the average annual coffee price index increased by 8.08%. Overall consumer prices rose by 3.11% over the same period, according to the figures provided.
Coffee price increases accelerated towards the end of 2025
Monthly figures show that coffee prices continued to rise during 2025.
The coffee price index stood at 126.62 points in January and reached 143.79 points in December, an increase of 13.56% between the two months.
The year-on-year increase was even more pronounced at the end of the year. In December 2025, the index was 14.88% higher than in December 2024.
The figures indicate that price pressures persisted throughout the year, with the index reaching significantly higher levels in the final months.
What the increases mean for consumers
The percentage increases become easier to understand when translated into everyday costs. For example, a coffee product priced at €3 in 2024 would cost around €3.30 following a 10.13% increase.
This is an illustrative calculation, not a recorded price change for a specific product.
The Eurostat figures cover coffee sold as a retail product, rather than prepared drinks served in cafés. They therefore do not mean that a freddo espresso or a Cypriot coffee in a café became 10.13% more expensive. Café prices are also affected by factors such as wages, rent and other operating costs.
Nevertheless, the figures highlight how consumers can continue to face price increases for individual products even when overall inflation is low.
Source: Eurostat, Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP), Cyprus, 2023–2025.
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