Crisis in your next cuppa

Moises Herrera holding coffee cherries, which contain the beans, and coffee beans at Finca El Puente in Marcala, Honduras. The dried cherry husks, once composted, act like a sponge to retain water. — Alejandro Cegarra/The New York Times

THESE should be wonderful times at Finca El Puente, a coffee plantation carved into the mountains of southwestern Honduras.

On world markets, the price of ordinary coffee has more than doubled over the past year.