A coffee-trading friend in Central America asked me recently to assist
him with this question.
The two leading coffee exchanges are in 
(1) New York, www.nybot.com (arabica coffee), and 
(2) London , www.liffe.com , owned by www.euronext.com (robusta coffee).
Both quote coffee prices, but they are not realtime. They are with a
delay of 15 or 30 minutes so users cannot trade on the prices (which
may have changed in the meantime).
I am told that there are websites (maybe media or commodity brokers ?)
which offer realtime/direct price quotes - some of them also free of
charge.  
Could you trace one or preferably a couple of such FREE-OF-CHARGE websites ?
It is primarily the quote for arabica coffee, i.e. the New York coffee
price, that is of interest. It is sometimes called "C" or "C Contract"
and is in USD/lb. Currently around USD 1.10 per lb/pound.
The International Coffee Organization, www.ico.org also has some
prices but they are an index of several coffees and they are quoted
only once a day or so - so not relevant here.

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Clarification of Question by alsinger-ga on 02 Mar 2006 06:27 PST

Dear answer-finder-ga,
Your observation is right, but the interest is for free services.
That is what the coffee people in Central Am are looking for - not
having the funds to pay for subscriptions.
I have been told by a third party that such free service is offered
somewhere by someone, but without being given a precise reference.
alsinger-ga

I note that NYBOT does supply real time access by subscription. Did
you realise that? Or are you only looking for a free service?

Market Information Access: The New York Board of Trade now offers real
time streaming data directly from the NYBOT trading floor and
delivered over the Internet through NYBOTLive.com. Market users should
visit www.nybotlive.com and sample the many features of NYBOT?s direct
data service.
http://www.nybot.com/education/brochuresPublications/files/coffeefut.pdf

answerfinder-ga