Coffee Fungus Outbreak to Cause Pain for Investors and Consumers?

A recent Bloomberg article cited Jose Angel Buitrago, president of the Central American Organization of Coffee Exporters, as saying that a coffee rust fungus affecting this year's crop could reduce the harvest by up to 25%. In the following video, Motley Fool consumer-goods analyst Blake Bos tells investors in such companies as Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX  ) and Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (NASDAQ: GMCR  ) how this could affect them, as well as what it could mean for your morning coffee.

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