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Coffee prices to final consumers could rise to 50% this year because of the dry weather that affected Brazil, the world's largest producer.
This alert is advanced by the Portuguese company brokerage Golden Broker, marking the month of January as the "hottest in 20 years" in Brazil.
The broker notes that climate change has had repercussions in reducing crop forecasts, leading to an increase in coffee prices in the international market for a maximum of 16 months, "an increase of over 50% in just two months."

The medical community and researchers considered a few years ago, the coffee beneficial to human health and effective in preventing disease if consumed in moderate doses, 3-4 cups daily (500 mg/day).
Research conducted under the Coffee Research Consortium, coordinated by Embrapa Café, has proved that coffee besides caffeine, vitamins and basic nutrients such as potassium, zinc, calcium, iron, magnesium and many other minerals, and antioxidants, among them chlorogenic acids.