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News desk: when the C price moves, menus move later
Commodity screens and café boards are not the same clock.
Market notes this month again treat arabica futures as weather for green buying. Specialty invoices still clear as C plus a differential, or on fixed contracts. A surge on the screen does not mean every filter on a neighbourhood menu reprices overnight.
Read the next bag for roast date and origin year before you blame the headline. Soft link: the futures explainer in this blog.
One note a day. Origin notes are about the farms and lots in this guide, using the cupping scores already listed. Competition notes repeat published 2025 results and link the source.