Coffee prices will rise even higher, says Giuseppe Lavazza

For UK consumers the cost of beans could increase by up to 25% over the coming year

The price of coffee is set to remain very high" and is unlikely to drop until the middle of next year amid intense pressure on supply chains, the Italian coffee company Lavazza has said.

We have never seen such a spike in price as the trend right now," said Giuseppe Lavazza, who chairs the company. He admitted that he had been wrong to predict last year that prices would begin to fall this year. On Monday, prices reached $4,300 (3,356) a tonne.