Best Coffee Will Be Harder to Get as Downpours Hit Brazil’s Trees

Getting hold of the best arabica coffee beans may prove harder for premium roasters and their customers, after crops in Brazil were hit by a wave of heavy downpours.

The rains in the world’s biggest producer not only delayed harvesting but also compromised quality in key producing regions, tightening the availability of sought-after beans suitable for the best blends sold by Starbucks Corp., Luigi Lavazza SpA and Illycaffe SpA.