Employee Benefit Plans (Details)	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2011	Jun. 30, 2013 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) plan	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2013 USD ($)	Jan. 05, 2015 USD ($)	Nov. 18, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2012 USD ($) quarter
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Effect of Curtailments		$ 34,000
Multiemployer Plan, Period Contributions				$ 6,900,000	$ 6,600,000	$ 5,800,000
Hours required for plan qualification
Percentage of employee contribution eligible for Company matching				50.00%
Defined Contribution Plan, Employer Matching Contribution, Percent of Employees' Gross Pay				6.00%
Defined Contribution Plan, Employers Matching Contribution, Annual Vesting Percentage				20.00%
Defined Contribution Plan, Vesting Period				5 years
Defined Contribution Plan, Automatic Vesting Age				65 years
Defined Contribution Plan, Employee Contribution Percentage Vested, Percent				100.00%
Defined Contribution Plan, Employer Matching Contribution, Amount				$ 1,400,000	$ 1,300,000	1,200,000
Discount rate				4.70%
Defined Benefit Plan, Ultimate Health Care Cost Trend Rate				7.70%
Defined Benefit Plan, Health Care Cost Trend Rate Assumed for Next Fiscal Year				4.50%
Amortization of net gain (loss)					(200,000)
Amortization of prior service (cost)/credit					(1,800,000)
Farmer Brothers Plan
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Amortization of net (gain) loss for the period				$ (1,153,000)	$ (1,279,000)
Plan assets by category				100.00%	100.00%
Discount rate				4.40%	4.15%
Amortization of net gain (loss)				$ (1,153,000)	$ (1,279,000)
Brewmatic Plan
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Amortization of net (gain) loss for the period				$ (57,000)	$ (65,000)
Plan assets by category				100.00%	100.00%
Discount rate				4.40%	4.15%
Amortization of net gain (loss)				$ (57,000)	$ (65,000)
Hourly Employees' Plan
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Amortization of net (gain) loss for the period				$ 0	$ 0
Plan assets by category				100.00%	100.00%
Discount rate				4.40%	4.15%
Amortization of net gain (loss)				$ 0	$ 0
Defined Contribution
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Multiemployer Plans, Number of Plans | plan				10
Postretirement Benefits Other Than Pension
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Amortization of net (gain) loss for the period				$ 500,000	$ 880,000	$ (7,000)
Expected employer contributions in the next fiscal year				$ 1,076,000
Real Estate | Farmer Brothers Plan
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Plan assets by category				10.00%	10.00%
Real Estate | Brewmatic Plan
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Plan assets by category				10.00%	10.00%
Real Estate | Hourly Employees' Plan
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Plan assets by category				10.00%	10.00%
Minimum
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Elective employee contribution, as a percentage of their annual pay, range					1.00%
Maximum
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Elective employee contribution, as a percentage of their annual pay, range					15.00%
Program for Enhanced Early Retirement
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Employer contributions (hours)
Green Zone [Member] | Minimum
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Funded status of multiemployer plans					80.00%
Western Conference of Teamsters Pension Plan
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Funded status of multiemployer plans		91.50%			91.90%	91.50%
Company's share of multiemployer plan's unfunded vested benefit liability					$ 12,100,000
Average hour calculation period for monthly payments in the case of withdrawal from multiemployer plan	3 years
Window for average hour calculation period in the case of withdrawal from multiemployer plan	10 years
Interest rate on monthly payments in the case of withdrawal from multiemployer plan, after interest free period	7.00%
Labor Management Pension Fund
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Withdrawal obligation							$ 4,900,000	$ 4,400,000	$ 4,300,000
Quarterly installment payments on estimated withdrawal liability				$ 91,000		$ 100,000
Number of quarters relating to installment payments on estimated withdrawal liability | quarter									80
Multiemployer Plans, Pension
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Expected contributions to multiemployer pension plan					$ 4,100,000
Scenario, Forecast | Farmer Brothers Plan
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Amount expected to be recognized as a component of net periodic benefit cost in the next fiscal year			$ 800,000
Expected employer contributions in the next fiscal year			1,300,000
Scenario, Forecast | Brewmatic Plan
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Amount expected to be recognized as a component of net periodic benefit cost in the next fiscal year			21,000
Expected employer contributions in the next fiscal year			0
Scenario, Forecast | Hourly Employees' Plan
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Amount expected to be recognized as a component of net periodic benefit cost in the next fiscal year			400,000
Expected employer contributions in the next fiscal year			$ 300,000