Your morning cup of coffee got more expensive this year, according to new Toast data.

Why it matters: Coffee is among many commodities affected both by general inflation and the Trump administration's import tariffs.

• Coffee plants are also vulnerable to extreme weather tied to climate change, including droughts and heat waves.

The big picture: Coffee prices rose in almost every state over the last year, per Toast, mirroring the surge in the underlying commodity's price this year.

• The median nationwide cost of a regular cup of coffee hit $3.52 this past August, Toast says, up about 3% from the same time last year.
• Median cold brew costs hit $5.47, up 4.6%.
• That is compared with general inflation of around 2.9%.

Hot coffee prices rose the most in South Carolina (+9.6%), Nevada (+9.0%) and Florida (+8.3%).

Zoom in: In Miami, the average price of a regular hot coffee was $4.18 in August — about 4% higher than last year.

• At Panther Coffee, which operates six Miami cafés, a small cup of hot drip coffee cost $4 as recently as Sept. 28, according to a photo of the menu posted on Yelp.
• Today, it costs about $4.50, per UberEats.

What they're saying: Panther Coffee co-founder Joel Pollock tells Axios he had to raise prices about 15% to help absorb his skyrocketing costs.

• "We put it off as long as we could," Pollock said. "Nobody likes it, nobody feels good about raising prices."
• Pollock says coffee's rising commodity price along with tariffs have made it about 90% more expensive for him to purchase his specialty coffee beans.

State of play: Brazil, the world's top coffee producer, was hit with a 50% tariff in August.

• That month, its specialty coffee exports to the U.S. dropped 70% compared to July, according to the Brazilian Specialty Coffee Association.

Threat level: Pollock says he received a shipment from Brazil a few days before the tariffs went into effect on Aug. 1, saving him about $68,000.

• He is trying to make the shipment last and has paused some orders from Brazil.
• Panther Coffee also sources raw beans from countries like Nicaragua, which has an 18% tariff, and Colombia (10%).
• A recent shipment from Nicaragua was "pretty close to double the price ... it used to be," Pollock said.
• "We're eating a lot of margin and really trying to sort of maintain an equilibrium and see if things level out."

What's next: The Trump administration has recently opened the door to lower tariffs on coffee and other items, but that is dependent on dealmaking with other countries.

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Your Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers begin their title defense on Tuesday with their first game of the NHL season.

The big picture: The two-time defending Cup champions are looking to do something only five teams in league history have done: win three straight championships.

• The New York Islanders achieved the NHL's last three-peat during the 1982-83 season.

Yes, but: The Panthers will be forced to play significant chunks of the season without two of their best players.

Captain Alexander Barkov will likely miss the entire regular season and potentially the playoffs after the center had surgery to repair the ACL and MCL in his right knee, ESPN reported.

• Left winger Matthew Tkachuk will miss the start of the regular season — and might not return until December — after undergoing surgery on a torn adductor muscle.

What they're saying: Forward Brad Marchand said missing Barkov — the franchise leader in goals, assists and games played — is a huge loss to the team.

• "You can't replace that. But collectively as a group, you just try to all pick up a little piece of that, and hopefully as a group, you can come together."

The bottom line: Florida's roster appears talented and deep enough to overcome Barkov's absence, as the Associated Press reports.

• "Florida had 11 players with at least one game-winning goal in last season's playoffs alone, tying for the second-most by any team in any postseason run in NHL history," AP reporter Tim Reynolds writes.

What's next: Florida plays the Chicago Blackhawks at 5pm Tuesday at Amerant Bank Arena (📺 ESPN).

• Resale tickets were listed as low as $99 on Friday afternoon.

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The Dolphins lost to the Carolina Panthers on Sunday to fall to 1-4.

Why it matters: It was an embarrassing defeat in Miami's first game since losing star receiver Tyreek Hill to a season-ending injury.

State of play: Miami squandered a 17-point first-half lead to lose 27-24.

Stunning stat: The Dolphins gave up 239 rushing yards, mostly to Carolina running back Rico Dowdle.

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