Daily life · Observed public data
Ground roast coffee, 1 kg
US city average, July 2026. This is a retail coffee benchmark, not a café flat white.
Indexed to 100 in 2018. Lower means cheaper in that unit.
In dollars
up 117%
$9.46 then, $20.50 now
In bitcoin
down 54%
70,258 sats then, 32,670 sats now
In dollars, Ground roast coffee, 1 kg is up 117% since 2018. In bitcoin, the same purchase is down 54%. The dollar price rose while the bitcoin price fell. That is the measuring stick moving faster than the thing being measured.
Method and source
Source: BLS Average Price Data. Each monthly average price is paired with the stored bitcoin close on the first day of that month, then both series are indexed to 100 at the first observation. Reference rates, not executable prices.