In 50 years running a cafe in Tokyo, Shizuo Mori can’t remember a time when his coffee supplies cost this much.
The 78-year-old, who owns Heckeln, an old-school coffee shop in Tokyo’s Toranomon business district, says the wholesale cost of his main product has surged 5% in the last three months.
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