The increase in the price of coffee does not stop, to the point that in the comparison with 2021 the indispensable appointment of the Italians with cup costs over 20% more. The data emerge from a study conducted by the Consumption Training and Research Center (CRC) in collaboration with Assoutenti, on the occasion of the International Coffee Day which is celebrated today 1st October.
Analyzing the data of the Mimit Observatory, the price in large cities went from an average of 1.04 euros in 2021 to an average of 1.25 euros in August 2025, with an increase of 20.6% in 4 years, explains the CRC.
The price lists are extremely diversified in the area: in 4 provinces the price of the coffee exceeds the threshold of 1.4 euros.
Bolzano confirms the city with the most expensive coffee, with an average price of 1.47 euros, followed by Ferrara with 1.43 euros, Padua with 1.41 euros and Belluno with 1.40 euros. In 17 other provinces the shopping is greater than 1.3 euros per cup. Benevento is excluded from the ranking, which recently has been at the center of controversy “for coarse errors in price surveys”, points out the CRC.
On the opposite side, Catanzaro is the cheapest, the only one of the large provinces where the cup does not exceed the cost of 1 euro, followed by Reggio Calabria and Messina, both at € 1.06 on average.