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August 2026

Beverage materials including coffee and tea price index

The Bureau of Labor Statistics measures the change in what households pay for beverage materials including coffee and tea. The figures below are for the month of August 2026.

165.646index level, August 2026
+4.01%change over 12 months
-0.28%change over 1 month

Last 24 months

MonthIndex (1982–84=100)Change from previous month
August 2024142.083-0.84%
September 2024142.746+0.47%
October 2024142.941+0.14%
November 2024143.852+0.64%
December 2024144.449+0.42%
January 2025146.249+1.25%
February 2025147.779+1.05%
March 2025147.898+0.08%
April 2025150.780+1.95%
May 2025152.226+0.96%
June 2025153.569+0.88%
July 2025155.627+1.34%
August 2025159.254+2.33%
September 2025157.842-0.89%
November 2025161.302not available
December 2025161.557+0.16%
January 2026160.780-0.48%
February 2026164.385+2.24%
March 2026164.161-0.14%
April 2026166.490+1.42%
May 2026168.601+1.27%
June 2026165.284-1.97%
July 2026166.109+0.50%
August 2026165.646-0.28%

What an index is

Each index is a price level for one kind of food, scaled so that the average for 1982–84 equals 100. Because the starting point is arbitrary, read an index by its change over time, not by comparing the level of one item against another.

A change of +4.01% over 12 months means the index stood at 159.254 in August 2025 and moved to 165.646 in August 2026. Where a month has no value, the table says not available; no figure here is estimated.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index (CPI-U), U.S. city average, not seasonally adjusted. Data month: August 2026. Record: series CUUR0000SEFP, item code SEFP.