Coffee Prices Hike 25% in Tripoli Cafés After Bean Increase

A price monitoring survey conducted by Al-Manasa on 1 October 2025—coinciding with International Coffee Day—revealed a modest increase in the price per kilo of ready-to-consume coffee beans, locally known as “Arabic coffee” (the popular Turkish variety), within the Libyan market.
The monitoring reported that the price for one kilo of beans has increased by 10 dinars, with the current price ranging between 70 and 80 dinars, compared to 65 to 70 dinars per kilo during the corresponding period last year.
This increase has led to a hike of 25% in the price of prepared coffee in some Tripoli cafés. The cost of a small, ready-to-drink cup has risen from two dinars to three dinars, while the larger (paper) cup is now priced at four dinars.
The continuous escalation in coffee bean prices has a background dating back to 2013, when a kilo cost between 11 and 12 dinars. Subsequent price leaps were driven by two main factors: first, a 90% rise in the global price of coffee due to crop damage from climate change, and second, the devaluation of the Libyan dinar against the US dollar