Article: Grounded specialty coffee: Coffee price increases are brewing

Sheri Strangstalien of Viroqua, Wis., was surprised to hear Grounded Specialty Coffee co-owner Todd Ondell say his prices will go up about 10 percent Friday because his cost of buying coffee beans is going up that much.

But she was unfazed.

"It won't affect my coffee consumption," said Strangstalien, who sipped a $1 cup of gourmet coffee outside the coffeehouse Monday afternoon. "I don't think it's that big of an increase."

"It's like anything that you really enjoy," said Dennis Herricks of LaCrosse, who also was sipping a $1 cup of Grounded gourmet coffee Monday. "You'll pay whatever it costs."

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