Tea and coffee pulled in opposite directions in this family over the past three months. As of 4 November 2026, teas are up 1.6% on three months and 3.3% on the year, while coffee is down 2.8% and 6.7%. Six of its materials rose over three months and four fell; the family averages +0.9% on that horizon and +1.8% over one year.
The coffee note, dated 2 November, reports that Vietnamese coffee prices had fallen on 30 October to their lowest in several months, and that Asian prices in Vietnam eased ahead of the harvest peak. On tea, the note records cold and rain delaying the harvest in Misiones on 23 October, and a Polish inspection on 21 October that blocked the sale of Sri Lankan tea over labelling problems.
The biggest riser has no note at all: matcha gained 7.2% over three months and 7.9% over the year. Plant proteins also rose, with pea protein up 4.0% (1.3% on the year) and wheat protein up 2.4% (4.6% on the year). Brewer's yeast and inactive yeast share the same moves, +1.3% and +0.4%.
On the falling side, flaxseed matches coffee at -2.8% over three months and is 5.2% lower on the year. Its note reports that on 19 October Kazakh linseed prices surged in Europe amid transit restrictions, and that on 24 October Russian prices eased while Kazakh organic flaxseed firmed. Acacia fiber is down 2.2% on three months yet up 10.7% on the year, the family's strongest annual gain.
Mate slipped 1.2% on three months and is 1.6% up on the year; its note says the harvest ran below the same period of 2024 while domestic consumption and exports grew. Two lines have no index. The excipients note reports higher US povidone prices on 21 October, with pharmaceutical demand and trans-Pacific freight costs cited, and the moringa note a 5 September recall of an organic leaf powder over possible Salmonella.