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Published: Tuesday, 21 Sep 2010 | 9:29 AM ET
By: Stephanie Landsman, A Producer for 'Squawk Box'

Coffee is one hot commoditywhen you're a producer for a three hour morning show. So when coffee futures recently hit 13-plus year highs and raw sugar started trading around seven month highs — it created the jitters. Liking them sweet 'n low is an understatement.

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The prices you see in the supermarket are already rising. The J.M. Smucker raised prices on its packaged Folgers, Dunkin' Donuts and Millstone coffees last month by nine percent.

Starbucks , which raised prices in January on most of its brews, has kept prices unchanged.

Coffee is one hot commoditywhen you're a producer for a three hour morning show. So when coffee futures recently hit 13-plus year highs and raw sugar started trading around seven month highs — it created the jitters. Liking them sweet 'n low is an understatement.

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters has plans to bump up its prices. The coffee company will increase prices on its K-Cups sold in North America by ten to 15 percent over the next several months.

When you have to be your own barista, here are what some leading companies are selling java for on their internet sites:

Starbucks

House Blend, 1-lb bag $9.95

Dunkin' Donuts

Original,1-lb bag $7.99

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters:

Our Blend, 12 oz. bag $8.49; K-Cups, 24 Count $13.95 (Note: In 2006, Green Mountain spilled the beans

Tim Hortons:

Fine Grind, 369 g. can $5.89

Juan Valdez Coffee:

Colina Ground Coffee, 12 oz $9.99

Kauai Coffee Company (owned by Alexander and Baldwin)

100% Kauai Coffee Regular Medium 10 oz. $7.25

Just hope shipping costs don't go up, too — creating a triple whammy. 'Cause tea just won't do. The only thing better than a coffee fix, is a price fix.

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Coffee is one hot commodity when you're a producer for a three hour morning show. So when coffee futures recently hit 13-plus year highs and raw sugar started trading around seven month highs — it created the jitters. Liking them sweet 'n low is an understatement.
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