in other news, popular demand for coffee has increased significant as Brazilian merchants are suffering a slight decrease in espresso production. Brazil has the primary market for these sales and shows that in the past three days alone, the contract value of coffee has risen a total of 11%. this is supply and demand at work: a reduced accessiblilty of the product calls for higher demand and payment from companies like Starbucks, who are forcasted to do rather well in the coming weeks.