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But when it came time to order beans early last year, he got a shock: The unroasted green coffee Reverie buys had jumped to $4.30 a pound from $2.41 just a few months before.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

It supplies 30 percent of the United States's unroasted beans.

From Barron's • Oct. 18, 2025

The cost of unroasted beans traded in global markets is now at a "historically high level", says analyst Judy Ganes.

From BBC • Sep. 14, 2024

A coffee producer’s livelihood can be dependent on what is called the C-price — the commodity price of coffee, or specifically, what one pound of unroasted arabica beans will net on the Intercontinental Exchange.

From Salon • Oct. 23, 2023

The man held unroasted ones in his hand and made little crosses on them with a blunt knife before he put them in the pan.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith